epa10726648 A handout photo made available by the British Ministry of Defence showing a Russian Air Force Tu-214 (L) and a British Royal Air Force (RAF) Typhoon (R) as two British Royal Air Force (RAF) Typhoon's from 1 (fighter) Squadron were scrambled to intercept a Russian Air Force Tu-214 command and control aircraft flying in international airspace as it transited south from mainland Russia to the Kaliningrad Oblast, 04 July 2023. The Russian aircrafts remained in international airspace. The Typhoons were then scrambled for a second time within a matter of hours to intercept the same Tu-214, this time escorted north by 2x Su-27 Flanker Bs aircraft. The Typhoona€™s are deployed in Estonia as part of NATOa€™s Baltic Air Policing mission OP AZOTIZE. EPA/RAF Pilot / BRITISH MINISTRY OF DEFENCE HANDOUT MANDATORY CREDIT: MOD/CROWN COPYRIGHT HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES
4일(현지시간) 러시아 본토에서 출발해 폴란드와 리투아니아 사이에 위치한 역외영토 칼리닌그라드로 향하던 러시아 공군 소속 Tu-214 지휘통제기(왼쪽)가 발트해 상공 국제 공역에 출현하자 북대서양조약기구 임무 수행차 에스토니아에 배치돼 있던 영국군 타이푼 전투기가 출격해 대치하고 있다. 이 사진은 반대편에서 비행하던 타이푼 전투기에서 촬영했다.