NATO fighter jets were scrambled ten times on Monday to intercept an unusually high number of Russian military aircraft in the skies of Europe and the North Atlantic. The UK responded with Typhoon fighters while Belgium, Norway, Italy, Romania, Bulgaria and Turkey also scrambled jets to protect NATO airspace. Further south, Russian planes showed up on NATO radars over the Black Sea, prompting Romania and Bulgaria to launch their own planes. And Italian fighter jets were also deployed, intercepting a Russian Il-38 maritime patrol plane. It was also confirmed that none of the Russian aircraft ever entered the airspace of any NATO nation in Europe.

Source: Daily Mail March 31, 2021 07:29 UTC