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NATO Says 90 Percent Of Air Intercepts In 2020 Involved Russian Planes.
NATO says it scrambled its air forces across Europe more than 400 times this year to intercept unknown aircraft -- mainly from Russia -- approaching the alliance's airspace.
The Western security alliance said in a statement on December 28 that almost 90 percent of the missions were in response to flights by Russian military aircraft. The overall total is a slight increase from the previous year.
“In recent years, we have seen an increased level of Russian military air activity close to the alliance’s borders,” said NATO spokesperson Oana Lungescu.
“We are always vigilant. NATO fighter jets are on duty around the clock, ready to scramble in case of suspicious or unannounced flights near the airspace of our allies. Air policing is an important way in which NATO provides security for our members,” she added.
NATO said that Russian military aircraft often do not transmit a transponder code indicating their position and altitude, do not file a flight plan, or do not communicate with air-traffic controllers, posing a potential risk to civilian airliners.
The alliance has about 40 air-surveillance radars and reporting hubs across Europe, and about 60 NATO jets that are on duty around the clock to serve as a quick-response force for aircraft which fall into distress or defy international flying rules near NATO airspace.
Since 2004, NATO also has operated a Baltic air-policing mission for Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania, as well as air-policing coverage for allies in the Western Balkans who do not have fighter jets of their own.
U.S. Again Dismisses Russian Assertion Of Ukrainian Link To Concert Hall Attackers
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Russian Mathematician Sentenced To 4 Years In Prison On Justifying Terrorism Charge.
A court in Yekaterinburg sentenced mathematician Azat Miftakhov on March 28 to four years in prison on a charge of justifying terrorism, which he and his supporters reject.
Russian Veto Ends UN Monitoring Enforcement Of North Korea Nuclear Sanctions.
Russia has vetoed a UN Security Council resolution in a move that effectively abolishes the monitoring by UN experts of sanctions against North Korea over its nuclear program, although the sanctions themselves remain in place.
Court In Russia's Bashkortostan Orders Arrest Of Former Navalny Team Member.
A former member of late Russian opposition politician Aleksei Navalny's team in Bashkortostan, Olga Komleva, was sent to pretrial detention on March 28 on a charge of participating in an extremist group's activities.
Kazakh Flooding Caused By Rapid Snowmelt Affects Hundreds Of Homes, Prompts Evacuations.
Kazakh emergency officials said on March 28 that almost 300 residential buildings have been affected by ongoing floods caused by an abrupt shift to warm weather that led to a mass snowmelt.
Parents of Evan Gershkovich speak out almost a year after reporter was detained in Russia.
Today, a judge extended the Wall Street Journal reporter's detention on spying for three more months. In an interview with NBC News' Andrea Mitchell, Gershkovich's parents and sister discuss his passion for reporting and their optimism that he wil...
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Ted Cruz: This is the greatest assault on democracy in the history of America.
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