"On March 26, 2020, a An-26 military transport aircraft conducted a scheduled flight from Kaliningrad to the Leningrad Region over the neutral waters of the Baltic Sea. The flight was carried out with the transponder turned on and in strict accordance with international rules of airspace use, without violating the borders of other states," the ministry said in a statement.
Russia Denies NATO Claims of Flight Safety Violation by Military Plane Over Baltic Sea
© AP Photo / Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via APIn this video grab taken from a footage on Aug. 13, 2019, and distributed by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service, a NATO F-18 warplane is viewed from the window of a passenger plane carrying Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu over the Baltic Sea.
© AP Photo / Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The Russian Defense Ministry dismissed on Friday a statement by NATO about an alleged violation of international safety standards for flights over the Baltic Sea by a Russian military aircraft.