On January 21 NATO fighter aircraft were scrambled to identify and escort one IL-22 flying from the mainland Russia to Kaliningrad through international airspace over the Baltic Sea. Its onboard transponder was switched off, it had no pre-filed flight plan and was not maintaining radio communication with the regional air traffic control centre.
On January 23 NATO fighter jets were alerted to identify and escort one IL-20 flying from Kaliningrad to the mainland of the Russian Federation through international airspace over the Baltic Sea. Its onboard transponder was not switched on, the crew had not pre-filed the flight plan, though maintained radio communication with the regional air traffic control centre.
On January 24 NATO air policing fighter aircraft were scrambled to intercept one IL-76 flying in international airspace over the Baltic Sea from mainland Russia to Kaliningrad. It had its onboard transponder on and maintained radio communication with the air traffic control centre but had no pre-filed plan.
On January 24 NATO fighter jets were scrambled to identify and escort one SU-27 flying in international airspace over the Baltic Sea from Kaliningrad and back. Its onboard transponder was switched off, the crew had no pre-filed flight plan and was not maintaining radio communication with the regional air traffic control centre. NATO fighter aircraft also intercepted one TU-134 flying through international airspace from mainland Russia to Kaliningrad, without the flight plan, with its onboard transponder switched on, maintaining radio communication with the regional air traffic control centre.
On January 26 NATO air policing fighter aircraft were scrambled to identify and escort one IL-76 flying from Kaliningrad to mainland Russia in international airspace over the Baltic Sea. It had no pre-filed flight plan but the crew kept the onboard transponder switched on and maintained radio communication with the regional air traffic control centre.