On two occasions in the past week, NATO fighter jets have scrambled to intercept Russian spy planes flying near the Baltic states of Latvia and Lithuania, both NATO members. NATO says it has intercepted 100 Russian fighter jets this year along Europe’s fringes, three times the total in 2013. The report notes a dramatic increase in actions by Russia since last March, when Russia’s annexation of Crimea touched off a showdown with the West.
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