On Wednesday morning news was posted on the previously seen Russian navy frigates Boikiy and Stoikiy plying the waters near Latvia's maritime territories about 15 kilometers off the border. Each of these vessels have been reported in the Baltic Sea along Latvia's border zones on several occasions in the past year.
Armed Forces on 3 JUN in LV EEZ 8 nmi from territ. waters spotted RU Navy's Steregushchiy-class multipurpose frigates Boikiy and Stoikiy.
— NBS (@Latvijas_armija) June 3, 2015
On Tuesday after the sighting of a Tupolev airliner, BAP jets scrambled to the skies over the Baltic Sea to spot another pair of Russian planes. This time they were an Antonov AN-72 and Ilyushin IL-76.
Air Policing jets on 2 JUN in international airspace above the Baltic Sea near LV border identified RU AF 1x An-72, and 1x Il-76.
— NBS (@Latvijas_armija) June 2, 2015
