Within the past minutes (12:01 PM EST) five (5) NATO Surveillance Aircraft have taken-up patrol stations completely surrounding Russia’s Kaliningrad Oblast.
Kaliningrad is now under massive reconnaissance by Long-range radar detection aircraft and other planes with radio and electronic intelligence systems flying around this area.
With Russia having issued a NOTAM yesterday, closing-off air space over its Kapustin Yar missile launch area, tensions are extremely high in the region right now.
More if I get it. Updates to appear below.
UPDATE 12:06 PM EST — Russian Ministry of Defense reiterated moments ago “A response to Kiev (and maybe not only Kiev?) is being prepared.”
The words in parenthesis seems to have caused this sudden burst of NATO…