STOCKHOLM (AFP) – Sweden and Denmark summoned Russias ambassadors Monday in protest over a near miss between a Russian surveillance plane and a commercial aircraft, a further sign of rising military tensions in the Baltic.The incident took place Friday south of the Swedish city of Malmoe, shortly after the passenger plane — operated on behalf of SAS — departed from Copenhagen International Airport bound for Poland, the Swedish defence forces said.Sweden — which unlike Denmark is not a NATO member, said the Russian plane came dangerously close to the SAS jet at less than nine kilometres (six miles), and that …read more
Source: Dunya TV
