NATO Recon Aircraft Flies Near Kaliningrad for 5 Hours
On October 13, it was reported that a NATO reconnaissance aircraft, the Bombardier ARTEMIS II registered in the USA, flew over the neutral waters of the Black Sea for seven and a half hours.
Consensus
- A NATO reconnaissance aircraft flew around Kaliningrad Oblast for approximately five hours.
- The aircraft used airspace over Lithuania and Poland.
- The aircraft flew over neutral waters of the Baltic Sea.
- The aircraft was at an altitude of about 12 kilometers.
- The flight occurred on October 22.
- The aircraft was identified as Bombardier Artemis II.
Points of divergence
- The aircraft was based at the airfield in Constanța and flew from there in the morning. — vm
- The aircraft took off from the Romanian airbase 'Mihai Kogălniceanu' at around 08:51 MSK and flew toward the Kaliningrad region. — vedomosti
- The aircraft performed two loops around the Kaliningrad region starting at around 11:00 MSK. — vedomosti
- On September 26, the same aircraft flew over neutral waters of the Black Sea for five hours. — vm
- On October 13, the same aircraft flew over neutral waters of theBlack Sea for seven and a half hours. — vedomosti
- On October 13, NATO began annual Steadfast Noon exercises in Italy focused on nuclear weapons use. — vm
- On October 14, a British RC-135W Rivet Joint aircraft flew near the Russia-Finland border for about four hours. — vedomosti
Coverage (4 sources)
- NATO reconnaissance plane flew around Kaliningrad region for nearly five hours — Вечерняя Москва
- NATO reconnaissance plane flew around Kaliningrad region for almost five hours, TASS source in air traffic control said — ТАСС (Telegram)
- US reconnaissance plane flew near Kaliningrad region for almost five hours — Ведомости
- US-registered NATO reconnaissance aircraft flew around Kaliningrad region for nearly four hours, TASS reported... — ТАСС (Telegram)