its always entertaining when the west displays its hypocrisies;

The video attached at the end of this article provides a good summary of recent military encounters between Russian and NATO forces in the Baltic Sea and the Black Sea. During the past three years of the Special Military Operation (SMO), Russia has rarely interfered with NATO intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (aka ISR) flights in these areas. It appears that Russia has decided on a more aggressive approach to challenge NATO ISR missions by employing electronic warfare to disable navigation systems, sending up Russian planes to intercept and locking on to NATO targets with Russian air-defense systems.

Not surprisingly, NATO countries — France in particular — are vociferously complaining about these actions, while ignoring their own responsibility for provoking the Russian reaction. Russian challenges to NATO flights have increased in the wake of President Putin convening a meeting of his national security advisors. I do not believe this is a coincidence.

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