NATO warplanes were scrambled to shadow nuclear-capable Russian strategic bombers flying a mission over the Baltic Sea, as tensions in the region continue to run dangerously high. Vladimir Putin's air force flew the sortie over international waters, with the Tu-22M3 aircraft accompanied by Russian Su-35 fighter jets. The Russian defence ministry's TV channel Zvezda acknowledged that NATO fighters had tracked the bombers. "At certain stages of the route, the aircraft were escorted by fighter