Two armed Russian fighter jets have been intercepted by German Nato planes in Austria and "handed over" to the Swedish alert squadron, according to the German Air Force. In a tweet, the German Luftwaffe shared: "The [German] Eurofighter VAPB in [Austria] were alerted today by the NATO CAOC (Combined Air Operations Centre) Uedem to identify a group of [Russian] aircraft consisting of two TU-22 BACKFIRE and several SU FLANKER. The armed [Russian] aircraft were then 'handed over' to the Swedish

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