NATO recon aircraft detected near Kaliningrad Region for second time this week

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According to the source, the aircraft arrived from its permanent base in Constanta, Romania, and is flying at an altitude of about 10 km

MOSCOW, November 12. /TASS/. A US-registered NATO reconnaissance aircraft has been detected for the second time this week near Russia’s Kaliningrad Region, where it is circling the area, a source in air traffic control services told TASS.

"Currently, a Bombardier Artemis II reconnaissance aircraft has been detected in the vicinity of the Kaliningrad Region, it is circling the Russian region while flying in the airspace of Lithuania and Poland, as well as over the neutral waters of the Baltic Sea," the source said. According to the source, the aircraft arrived from its permanent base in Constanta, Romania, and is flying at an altitude of about 10 km. The source also noted that the aircraft has been sighted near the Kaliningrad Region more than 70 times since the beginning of this year. It last operated in this area for more than five hours on Monday, November 9.

The day before, the same reconnaissance aircraft was seen over the Black Sea, where it flew from west to east and back again in the southern part of the sea for more than nine hours. At that time, the aircraft did not enter the airspace of any coastal country except Romania, from whose territory it took off and over which it maneuvered.

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