Going Dangerously Astray
The Su-27 that crash in Lithuania was part of a seven plane formation sent to Kaliningrad to reinforce the exclave's garrison.
The seven fighters were protected by an A-50 early warning plane. The fighters were armed with missiles to defend themselves as part of the exercise.
The exercise was to test the deployment of fighters from Russia with the radars and air traffic control capabilities in Kaliningrad destroyed by NATO air attacks.
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