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On 8-14 December, NATO air policing fighters protecting Baltic airspace took off 21 times to intercept Russian aircraft flying at the Baltic states' borders, Lithuania's Ministry of National Defence said.
NATO fighters took off 21 times last week to intercept Russian aircraft at Baltic states' borders
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It is the largest number of both reaction flights per week and biggest so far observed Russian military activity in the airspace in the vicinity of the Baltic States - almost 80 aircraft have been intercepted and identified next to the Baltic air space within a week, some of them were intercepted several times. With the exception of a few aircra

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