NATO recon aircraft detected near Kaliningrad Region for third time this week

NATO recon aircraft detected near Kaliningrad Region for third time this week It spent five hours flying thereMOSCOW, November 13. /TASS/. A US-registered NATO reconnaissance aircraft spent five hours circling around Russia’s westernmost Kaliningrad Region on Friday, a source in air traffic control services told TASS. "A Bombardier Artemis II reconnaissance aircraft was detected in the vicinity of the Kaliningrad Region for the third time this week. It spent five hours flying there," the source said. According to the source, the aircraft arrived from its permanent base in Constanta, Romania, and was flying in the airspace of Poland and Lithuania and the Baltic Sea’s neutral waters at an altitude of about 10 km, away from corridors designated for civilian aircraft. The source also recalled that the Bombardier Artemis II had been sighted near the Kaliningrad Region more than 70 times since the beginning of this year. It was last seen in the area on Thursday and on Monday, when it was in the air for more than five hours. US envoys brief Europeans in Dublin on Moscow talks — Polish PMLate last night, representatives of the United States, the United Kingdom, Poland, Germany, France, Italy and EU institutions held talks at a military airfield in Dublin, Donald Tusk saidRead moreFormer Ukrainian prime minister calls Kiev’s demand to maintain 800,000-strong army absurdNikolay Azarov noted that Kiev needed financial guarantees from the EU because it was unable to maintain such large armed forces on its ownRead moreRussia does not expect lifting of sanctions against it in medium term — MFAWestern countries have recently begun to employ a sanctions policy with increasing frequency as they are losing their advantages, their "undisputed leadership," Alexander Trofimov saidRead moreRussia withdraws from European Boxing Championship in Croatia citing lack of national flagThe decision was also prompted by problems concerning the issuance of entry visas to members of the Russian delegationRead moreRussian forces push Ukrainian troops 30 km from state border in Sumy Region — expertAndrey Marochko specified that the Russian military continues to steadily expand the buffer zone in this areaRead moreBridge damage disrupts transport links across Dnieper in Kiev — lawmakerDamage to the bridges over the Dnieper has repeatedly paralyzed traffic in Kiev since late OctoberRead moreUS refrains from tougher measures against Iran on request from regional countries — TrumpUS President Donald Trump stressed that if not for that request, he could go furtherRead moreEuropean envoy to Ukraine talks must be acceptable to all parties — top Czech diplomatAccording to Petr Macinka, the person selected must command the respect of the West but also be viewed positively by the EastRead morePress review: EU rejects security reform, stalls Ukraine peace as Armenia loses CSTO voteTop stories from the Russian press on Friday, November 13thRead moreRussian troops liberate two communities in Ukraine operation over past day — top brassUnits of Russia's Battlegroup Center liberated the settlement of Shilovka in the DPR and servicemen of the Battlegroup East liberated the settlement of Voskresenka in the Zaporozhye Region through decisive operationsRead moreOver 1,000 foreign mercenaries wanted internationally — Russian investigators284 mercenaries had been convictedRead more