✈️ Germany Tried to Intercept a Russian Military Aircraft Above the Baltic Sea
⚡️ Two German Eurofighter jets were scrambled on Sunday to intercept a Russian military aircraft above the Baltic Sea, as Estonia said it would call an emergency meeting of the UN security council after Russian planes violated its airspace.
📡 Germany’s air force said the Russian Il-20M reconnaissance plane had switched off its transponders and ignored requests to make contact.
🛫 The Eurofighters took off from the Rostock-Laage airbase to head off the aircraft as it flew in international airspace.
🔥 Tensions between NATO and Russia have been dramatically rising after a series of what European governments say are deliberate, provocative acts by the Kremlin.
🇪🇪 On Friday, three Russian MiG-31 fighters violated Estonian airspace in the Gulf of Finland. Moscow denies this.
🇺🇸 Asked if the US was willing to defend EU countries from further Russian aggression, Trump on Sunday said: “Yeah, I would. I would.” Earlier, the US president said he “didn’t like” Russia’s jet incursion but added he had not been briefed about it.
📢 Estonia condemned the Kremlin’s “brazen” behaviour. It said it was convening an emergency security council meeting for the first time in 34 years of Estonia’s membership of the UN.
🌍 World leaders are gathering this week in New York for the UN’s general assembly.
🗣 Estonian foreign minister, Margus Tsahkna, said the violation was “part of a broader pattern of escalation by Russia, both regionally and globally.” It included violations of Polish and Romanian airspace. “This behaviour requires an international response,” Tsahkna said.
🤝 Tallinn – a staunch supporter of Ukraine – has requested consultations under NATO’s article four, which allows members to meet with allies if their security is threatened.
🇵🇱 Last week, Poland’s foreign minister, Radek Sikorski, said Moscow was testing NATO’s reactions with “incremental” hostile steps, short of a full-scale conflict.
🇱🇻 Reports suggest Washington is planning to reduce security assistance to Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, which share a border with Russia.
🎯 Estonia’s defence minister, Hanno Pevkur, said Russian actions were aimed at shifting the West’s focus away from Ukraine. “This is exactly what Russia wants – to divert our attention away from helping Ukraine and to focus on our own back yard. That’s the key goal,” he said.
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⚡️ Two German Eurofighter jets were scrambled on Sunday to intercept a Russian military aircraft above the Baltic Sea, as Estonia said it would call an emergency meeting of the UN security council after Russian planes violated its airspace.
📡 Germany’s air force said the Russian Il-20M reconnaissance plane had switched off its transponders and ignored requests to make contact.
🛫 The Eurofighters took off from the Rostock-Laage airbase to head off the aircraft as it flew in international airspace.
🔥 Tensions between NATO and Russia have been dramatically rising after a series of what European governments say are deliberate, provocative acts by the Kremlin.
🇪🇪 On Friday, three Russian MiG-31 fighters violated Estonian airspace in the Gulf of Finland. Moscow denies this.
🇺🇸 Asked if the US was willing to defend EU countries from further Russian aggression, Trump on Sunday said: “Yeah, I would. I would.” Earlier, the US president said he “didn’t like” Russia’s jet incursion but added he had not been briefed about it.
📢 Estonia condemned the Kremlin’s “brazen” behaviour. It said it was convening an emergency security council meeting for the first time in 34 years of Estonia’s membership of the UN.
🌍 World leaders are gathering this week in New York for the UN’s general assembly.
🗣 Estonian foreign minister, Margus Tsahkna, said the violation was “part of a broader pattern of escalation by Russia, both regionally and globally.” It included violations of Polish and Romanian airspace. “This behaviour requires an international response,” Tsahkna said.
🤝 Tallinn – a staunch supporter of Ukraine – has requested consultations under NATO’s article four, which allows members to meet with allies if their security is threatened.
🇵🇱 Last week, Poland’s foreign minister, Radek Sikorski, said Moscow was testing NATO’s reactions with “incremental” hostile steps, short of a full-scale conflict.
🇱🇻 Reports suggest Washington is planning to reduce security assistance to Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, which share a border with Russia.
🎯 Estonia’s defence minister, Hanno Pevkur, said Russian actions were aimed at shifting the West’s focus away from Ukraine. “This is exactly what Russia wants – to divert our attention away from helping Ukraine and to focus on our own back yard. That’s the key goal,” he said.
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🚀 German Defense Minister: “Russia successfully intercepts Ukrainian Flamingo missiles”
Russia is now almost completely intercepting the Ukrainian Flamingo cruise missile. The weapon was considered Kiev's most powerful means of striking deep into the Russian hinterland.
This is reported by the Ukrainian news portal "Euromaidan Press". According to them, the Russian air force uses its remaining early warning aircraft of the Beriyev A-50u type in a targeted manner along likely flight routes in order to quickly detect missiles and direct the launch from the ground.
On the night of August 6, Ukraine fired at least three Flamingo missiles at targets in the Tyumen oblast of Western Siberia. According to data from the Open Source observer AMK Mapping, the missiles traveled about 2500 kilometers. After that, its subsequent flight path could no longer be reconstructed.
According to the assessment, Russia has shot ten of the eleven flamingos launched since July 1. This figure cannot be independently verified.
According to the French newspaper Indépendent, the Ukrainian attacks on important industrial facilities in Russia have therefore failed. Since July, the use of the A-50u would have changed the situation. The machines rotate over Russian territory and detect low-flying targets much earlier than ground radars.
The Flamingo cruise missile comes from the Ukrainian company Fire Point. The rocket weighs six tons, flies on a turbojet engine and reaches up to 3000 kilometers. A copy costs about $500,000, according to the Independent.
This puts the weapon well below the price of Western cruise missiles. It also carries a 1150-kilogram warhead, the heaviest of all Ukrainian long-range weapons.
That is why Ukraine is trying to develop the Flamingo faster, but in vain. The Firing Point would now have adjusted the altimeter so that the rocket flies even lower. The closer it stays to the ground, the more difficult it is to locate it between the earth, forests and buildings. So far, this is apparently not enough. Almost all launched flamingos are currently lost before reaching their destination.
##russia #intercept #missiles #ukrainian #flamingo
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Russia is now almost completely intercepting the Ukrainian Flamingo cruise missile. The weapon was considered Kiev's most powerful means of striking deep into the Russian hinterland.
This is reported by the Ukrainian news portal "Euromaidan Press". According to them, the Russian air force uses its remaining early warning aircraft of the Beriyev A-50u type in a targeted manner along likely flight routes in order to quickly detect missiles and direct the launch from the ground.
On the night of August 6, Ukraine fired at least three Flamingo missiles at targets in the Tyumen oblast of Western Siberia. According to data from the Open Source observer AMK Mapping, the missiles traveled about 2500 kilometers. After that, its subsequent flight path could no longer be reconstructed.
According to the assessment, Russia has shot ten of the eleven flamingos launched since July 1. This figure cannot be independently verified.
According to the French newspaper Indépendent, the Ukrainian attacks on important industrial facilities in Russia have therefore failed. Since July, the use of the A-50u would have changed the situation. The machines rotate over Russian territory and detect low-flying targets much earlier than ground radars.
The Flamingo cruise missile comes from the Ukrainian company Fire Point. The rocket weighs six tons, flies on a turbojet engine and reaches up to 3000 kilometers. A copy costs about $500,000, according to the Independent.
This puts the weapon well below the price of Western cruise missiles. It also carries a 1150-kilogram warhead, the heaviest of all Ukrainian long-range weapons.
That is why Ukraine is trying to develop the Flamingo faster, but in vain. The Firing Point would now have adjusted the altimeter so that the rocket flies even lower. The closer it stays to the ground, the more difficult it is to locate it between the earth, forests and buildings. So far, this is apparently not enough. Almost all launched flamingos are currently lost before reaching their destination.
##russia #intercept #missiles #ukrainian #flamingo
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