Italy intercepts Russian planes over Baltic Sea, defence sources say
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REUTERS ^
| March 29, 2024
The Italian airforce said on Friday it intercepted unidentified aircraft flying over international waters in the Baltic Sea, and two defence sources in Rome identified them as Russian planes. The
two interceptions were carried out on Thursday and Friday morning by Italian Eurofighter jets based in the Polish base of Malbork as part of a NATO air policing mission, a statement said. After completing their activity, the Italian jets returned to the Polish base, the airforce added, without giving further details.
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Mob storm Dagestan Airport to 'try and intercept Jewish passengers from flight from Israel' in worrying new incident in Russian republic
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Daily Mail UK ^
| October 29, 2023 | Dan Woodland
A huge mob today stormed Dagestan's main airport looking for Israeli citizens following reports that a plane was arriving from the country. Hundreds
of protestors stormed the Makhachkala airport in the Russian republic to protest the landing of a Red Wings airliner coming from Tel Aviv, Russian news agencies and social media reported. The protesters, some carrying Palestinian flags, broke through doors in the terminal, with some running onto the runway while others broke barriers, aiming to check the cars leaving the airport, according to videos posted online. The Red Wings flight was reportedly forced to divert from the airport...
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Ukraine uses US-made air-defense system to intercept Russian ballistic missile
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The hill ^
| 05/06/2023 | Jared Gans
Ukraine used a U.S.-made air-defense system to intercept a Russian ballistic missile, the first known time that it has been able to block one of Russia’s modern missiles. Mykola
Oleshchuk, the commander of the Ukrainian Air Force, said in a Telegram post on Saturday that Ukrainian forces were able to take down a Kinzhal, or Kh-47, missile that a MiG-31K aircraft launched from Russia toward the Kyiv region. He said it happened during an attack that Moscow launched on Thursday night.
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Ukraine says it intercepted 15 Russian missiles over Kyiv
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The Hill ^
| 05/01/2023 | Brad Dress
Russia launched another wave of mass strikes at the Ukrainian capitol of Kyiv overnight on Monday, but air defenses took down the cruise missiles and explosive drones, according to Ukraine. Military officials in Kyiv said in a Telegram post that air raid alarms lasted about three hours as Russian bomber planes fired
missiles and drones targeting the city. Ukraine’s General Staff of the Armed Forces said on Facebook that Russia launched 18 missiles overnight across the country and 15 of the rockets were shot down by air defenses.
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U.S. drone intercepted by Russian fighter jet, crashes into Black Sea
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CTV News ^
| March 14th, 2023 | Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali
WASHINGTON -- A Russian Su-27 fighter jet intercepted and struck the propeller of a U.S. military MQ-9 "Reaper" surveillance drone on Tuesday, causing it to crash into the Black Sea, in the first such incident since Russia's invasion of Ukraine over a year ago. NATO's
Supreme Allied Commander Europe, U.S. Army General Christopher Cavoli, briefed NATO allies about the incident, which was roundly condemned by the White House and the Pentagon -- which warned of the risk of escalation. Two Russian Su-27 jets carried out what the U.S. military described as a reckless intercept of the American spy drone before...
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Russian military aircraft intercepted over Alaska ADIZ in 'routine' incident, NORAD says
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Fox News ^
| February 14, 2023 | Paul Best
Four Russian aircraft were detected and intercepted over the Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone on Monday in what NORAD called a "routine" incident. Two
F-16 fighter jets were dispatched by NORAD to intercept the Russian aircraft, which included a TU-95 BEARH-H and SU-35 fighter jet. NORAD also sent out two F-35A fighters, an E-3 Sentry, and two KC-135 Stratotankers to assist. "Russian aircraft remained in international airspace and did not enter American or Canadian sovereign airspace. This Russian activity in the North American ADIZ occurs regularly and is not seen as a threat, nor is the activity seen as provocative,"...
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‘We were allowed to be slaughtered’: calls by Russian forces intercepted
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The Guardian ^
| December 20, 2022 | Daniel Boffey and Pjotr Sauer
Out on the frontline, near the eastern Ukrainian city of Lyman, on 8 November at 15.10, a Russian serviceman called Andrey decided to ignore the orders of his superiors and call his mother with an unauthorised mobile phone. “No
one feeds us anything, mum,” he complained. “Our supply is s**t, to be honest. We draw water from puddles, then we strain it and drink it.” Russian forces had been on the back foot in the Donetsk oblast for weeks. Lyman, taken by the Russians in May, was liberated by Ukrainian forces in October. Two days before Andrey made his afternoon...
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US military intercepts two Russian bombers in Alaska Air Defense Zone
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The HIll ^
| 10/19/2022 | JULIA SHAPERO
The U.S. military said it intercepted two Russian bombers near Alaska on Monday. The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) said it detected two Russian bombers in Alaska’s Air Defense Identification Zone, which covers the international airspace outside of the U.S. and Canada near the far northern state. Two
American F-16 fighter jets intercepted the Russian aircraft, which did not enter American or Canadian sovereign airspace. The recent activity is “not seen as a threat nor is the activity seen as provocative,” NORAD noted in its press release.
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US intercepts two Russian bombers off Alaskan coast, proven no threat
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washingtonexaminer.com ^
| 10/18/2022 | MIKE BREST
The U.S. military tracked and intercepted two Russian bomber pilots flying off the Alaskan coast on Monday, according to the North American Aerospace Defense Command. The two Russian Tu-95 Bear-H bomber aircraft were “entering and operating within the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ),” the release explained, and “remained in international airspace
and did not enter American or Canadian sovereign airspace.” Their incursion of Alaska’s ADIZ, which is the international airspace adjacent to an area, “is not seen as a threat nor is the activity seen as provocative,” the release continued. Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder, the Pentagon spokesman, declined to...
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PROOF Putin's soldiers and Wagner mercenaries carried out Bucha atrocities: German intelligence 'intercepts Russian troop messages discussing murders as part of strategy to sow terror'
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FOR MAILONLINE ^
| 7 April 2022 | JACK NEWMAN
PROOF Putin's soldiers and Wagner mercenaries carried out Bucha atrocities: German intelligence 'intercepts Russian troop messages discussing murders as part of strategy to sow terror' German intelligence agency BND has intercepted audio messages from Russian soldiers discussing killings Messages indicate the massacre was part of everyday Kremlin tactics and the Wagner Group
was involved Spy chiefs believe there are similar scenes in other Ukrainian cities after further recordings were heard The barbaric atrocities at Bucha were part of a deliberate Kremlin strategy carried out in part by the feared Wagner Group of mercenaries, intercepted Russian radio transmissions have revealed. Germany's...
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PROOF Putin's soldiers and Wagner mercenaries carried out Bucha atrocities: German intelligence 'intercepts Russian troop messages discussing murders as part of strategy to sow terror'
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FOR MAILONLINE ^
| 7 April 2022 | JACK NEWMAN
Brexit leader Nigel Farage has accused the European Union of rank hypocrisy for “funding Putin’s war machine”, as the bloc admitted to spending €35 billion on Russian gas since the invasion of Ukraine. Once again taking up the mantle of criticising the globalist bloc, Nigel ‘Mr Brexit’ Farage said that German
and other EU member states are propping up the Russian economy with one hand while sanctioning the country not the other. “Not only is the Russian ruble back to where it was before the invasion, but the Germans keep buying huge volumes of gas and oil. Germany and...
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Putin's soldiers are eating DOGS after becoming 'sick' of their long-life ration packs, Russian soldier reveals in intercepted phone call to his family
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Daily Mail ^
| 3/31/2022 | Adam Solomons
Russian soldiers fighting in Ukraine are heard admitting they've eaten dog meat and raped young girls in horrifying intercepted audio. In
tapped phone calls released by Kyiv secret service the SBU yesterday, Russian soldiers reveal their sick sexual 'conquests' and complain about the quality of years-old ration packs. An unidentified man presumed to be a family member asks in Russian: 'Are you eating okay at least?' A soldier replies: 'We had Alabay (dog) yesterday.' 'Who?', the family member asks. 'Alabay', he replies matter-of-factly. The stunned man says: 'Are you eating dogs or what?' Again the soldier replies stoically: 'We have....
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Which of the following U.S. presidents cancelled plans to protect Eastern Europe from Russian aggression by deploying missile interceptors in Poland, a decision that Vladimir Putin praised as "very right and brave"?
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Just Facts Daily ^
| Feb 26, 2022 | Just Facts Daily
Correct Answer Barack Obama Tell Me More In 2009, President Obama cancelled U.S. plans to protect Eastern Europe from Russian aggression by deploying missile interceptors in Poland. Vladimir Putin praised this decision as "very right and brave." In
2012 shortly after Putin was elected president under a cloud of electoral fraud, Obama put his hand on the knee of the outgoing president, Dmitry Medvedev, and stated the following while unaware that a microphone was recording them: "On all these issues, but particularly missile defense, this can be solved but it's important for him [Putin] to give me space." Medvedev: "Yeah,...
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UK carrier strike group intercepted 30+ armed Russian warplanes in 2 weeks
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AMN ^
| 11/1/21 | Ryan Morgan
The United Kingdom’s HMS Queen Elizabeth carrier strike group has seen dozens of interactions with Russian fighter jets and warships during its current deployment throughout the Indo-Pacific region. The
U.K.’s carrier group even recorded more than 30 intercepts of armed Russian fighters operating near the carrier group in a single two-week period. In an interview with British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS), Commodore Steve Moorhouse, the HMS Queen Elizabeth’s commanding officer, said while the aircraft carrier began launching its first F-35 sorties from the Mediterranean into the Black Sea and over Iraq and Syria, its forces encountered dozens of armed Russian...
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Armed RAF fighter jets intercept Russian military anti-submarine warfare aircraft over the North Sea
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Daily Mail ^
| 8/6/2021 | Jacob Thorburn
Armed RAF fighter jets successfully intercepted a pair of Russian military aircraft after scrambling earlier today. The
pair of RAF Typhoons, which left RAF Lossiemouth in Moray, north east Scotland, early Friday afternoon, intercepted two Cold War-era TU-142 'Bear-F' Russian maritime reconnaissance and anti-submarine warfare aircraft. Quickly racing to speeds of 985 kilometers per hour, the Quick Reaction Alert Typhoon were joined by an RAF Voyager to provide air-to-air refuelling. They were tracked by Nato as they transited within the military alliance's northern air policing area over the North Sea, near UK airspace. The Typhoons shadowed the aircraft throughout their...
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Russian fighter jet intercepts US, Norwegian patrol aircraft over Barents Sea: report
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The Hill ^
| 4-19-21
A Russian fighter jet on Monday reportedly intercepted and escorted U.S. and Norwegian patrol aircraft over the Barents Sea. The Russian Defense Ministry said the incident over the body of water near Sweden, Norway, Finland and Russia involved a MiG-31 fighter jet, Reuters reported, citing Russia's state-run RIA news agency. A
Pentagon official told The Hill that the Defense Department was "aware of the reports." "Intercept activity is not unusual. The majority of these are considered safe. However, we don't get into details of the interactions themselves," the official said."
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Russian Fighters Intercept U.S. Reconnaissance Planes over Black Sea
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Air Force Magazine ^
| 26 June 2020 | Brian W. Everstine
Russian aircraft on June 26 again intercepted U.S. aircraft in international airspace, this time USAF and U.S. Navy reconnaissance planes along with a refueling tanker operating in the Black Sea. The intercept is at least the eighth interaction between U.S. and Russian aircraft across the globe within the last month. The
Russian Ministry of Defense released a video showing a Navy P-8, along with a USAF KC-135 refueling an RC-135 reconnaissance plane over international waters. The MOD said an Su-30 fighter from the country’s Southern Military District responded, and “approached from a safe distance” to identify the aircraft, according to...
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US Fighter Jets Intercept 8 Russian Warplanes Just Miles From Alaska
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Epoch Times ^
| 06/17/2020 | Jack Phillips
U.S. fighter jets intercepted eight Russian warplanes near Alaska in two separate incidents, according to military officials on Wednesday.“NORAD F-22 Raptors, supported by KC-135 Stratotankers and an E-3 Airborne Warning and Control System, successfully completed two intercepts of Russian bomber aircraft formations entering the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone last night,” the
North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) wrote on Wednesday morning. NORAD F-22 Raptors, supported by KC-135 Stratotankers and an E-3 Airborne Warning and Control System, successfully completed two intercepts of Russian bomber aircraft formations entering the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone last night. pic.twitter.com/9iSZK0Vu2F— North American Aerospace Defense...
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US F-22 stealth fighters intercepted Russian bombers that came 'within 20 nautical miles' of Alaska
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msn news ^
| 6/10/2020 | Ryan Pickrell
US F-22 Raptors were sent out to intercept Russian bombers near Alaska on Wednesday morning, North American Aerospace Defense Command said. The
US fighters were supported by KC-135 Stratotankers and E-3 Airborne Warning and Control System planes. The NORAD force intercepted two Russian aircraft formations consisting of bombers, fighters, and early warning aircraft in the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone. One group came "within 20 nautical miles of Alaskan shores," NORAD said. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. US Air Force fighters backed by support aircraft intercepted two pairs of Russian bombers in the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone...
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US fighter jets intercept 8 Russian warplanes 30 miles from Alaska [VIDEO]
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American Military News ^
| 6-10-2020 | Ryam Morgan
U.S. F-22 Raptor fighter jets intercepted two Russian bomber formations, comprised of Russian Tu-95 bombers, Su-35 fighter jets, and A-50 airborne early warning and control aircraft, just 30 miles from Alaska. The Russian Defense Ministry posted a video of their bombers taking off and later being intercepted. The
North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) confirmed it intercepted the Russian aircraft early Wednesday morning in a series of tweets. “North American Aerospace Defense Command F-22 Raptors, supported by KC-135 Stratotankers and E-3 Airborne Warning and Control System, completed two intercepts of Russian Bomber formations entering the Alaskan Air Defense Identification Zone...
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