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Russian Su-30 and Il-78 briefly enter Lithuanian airspace from Kaliningrad

Incident Report

Fact Sheet
Date23 Oct 2025
TrackerEuropean Airspace Violations
TypeIncursion
What Happened

A Russian Su-30 fighter and an Il-78 aerial refuelling tanker that had taken off from Kaliningrad briefly entered Lithuanian airspace. Spanish Eurofighters on the Baltic Air Policing mission launched to patrol the area. The Kaliningrad exclave borders Lithuania and Poland, and traffic between it and mainland Russia routes past or through the Baltic states' airspace, which makes navigation errors and deliberate probing hard to tell apart.

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