The French army announces that it has intercepted a Russian

The French army announces that it has intercepted a Russian reconnaissance plane near Estonia

The French army announced on Tuesday, February 27, 2024 that it had intercepted a Russian reconnaissance and reconnaissance aircraft off the Estonian coast. “French Mirage 2000-5 took off to meet an Il-20 Coot reconnaissance and reconnaissance aircraft.”. That was the goal “Protect the airspace of our Baltic allies”she adds without elaborating.

Since the last ratification by the Hungarian Parliament on Monday 26 February, Sweden has become the 32nd country to join NATO. In fact, both sides of the Baltic Sea will now be part of the alliance. So the latter is about to become one “NATO Lake”, note franceinfo, as all neighboring countries except Russia are included. This sea, which separated the two Western and Eastern blocs during the Cold War, now connects them. Collaboration is essential and France is marking its position.

Land borders were also strengthened

On Friday, January 20, the defense ministers of the Baltic states (Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania) announced an agreement to build defense facilities along their borders with Russia and Belarus. The ministers mentioned this in a joint press release “Anti-mobility defense systems” to deter or even prevent any attempts to cross over by military forces.“A Baltic defense line to defend NATO’s eastern flank and deprive our opponents of their freedom of movement”Latvian Defense Minister Andris Spruds specified.

From Finland to Ukraine, countries bordering Russia and Belarus have already erected networks (walls, barriers, barbed wire nets, etc.) to reinforce the boundaries of migration flows and potential attacks.