NATO jets scrambled 4 times from Lithuania last week over Russian warplanes

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All four Russian aircraft were transport airplanes flying with pre-filed flight plans, maintained contact with flight controllers but had their onboard transponders off. They were flying from mainland Russia to the Russian Kaliningrad region and back.

The NATO air-policing mission is conducted from Lithuania and Estonia.

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