Russian military jets violate Lithuanian airspace, Italian fighters scrambled
Agenzia ANSA
Russian military jets violate Lithuanian airspace, Italian fighters scrambled - TopNews - Ansa.it
Two Eurofighter F-2000 fighter jets from the Italian Air Force's 'Baltic Thunder III' Air Task Force scrambled late this afternoon from Šiauliai, Lithuania, as part of the NATO air defense mission on the Alliance's eastern flank, following the violation of... (ANSA)
It is not new, it occurs over the Baltics a few times a year, and has for decades.
This is the continual threatening of the Russian state, not an escalation.