NATO intercepts Russian aircraft over Baltic Sea and Norway.

NATO jets have intercepted Russian military planes in international airspace, with Norway and Baltics reporting sightings of Russian planes. Russia's ministry of defence issued a statement describing a “planned flight” of 14 hours during which “long-range aircraft crews carried out night and day refuelling in the air”. Encounters between aircraft have continued amid the heightened tensions resulting from the Ukrainian war, but aside from an incident in which two Russian fighters downed an American drone over the Black Sea, none have as yet resulted in physical encounters.