The North Atlantic Alliance has taken over the coordination of Western military assistance to Ukraine from the United States after a several-month delay, as planned. Source: Reuters citing an unnamed source,

This move expands NATO's role in the Russia-Ukraine war without deploying its own forces. Unnamed Western diplomats suggested that NATO's responsibility will be limited, as support from the United States may decrease under President-elect Donald Trump's administration.

Sweden scrambled two fighter jets to intercept a pair of Russian bomber jets flying over the Baltic Sea on Tuesday, according to Försvarsmakten, the Swedish Armed Forces. The NATO nation scrambled two Jas 39 Gripen fighter jets to identify two Tu-22 Backfire bombers,

NATO fighters from Sweden, Finland, and the Netherlands intercepted and identified two Russian bombers Tu-22M3 'Backfire' long-range bombers, escorted by Su-27 'Flanker' fighters, over the neutral waters of the Baltic Sea.

The Swedish Armed Forces detected Russian Tu-22 bombers over the Baltic Sea, prompting several NATO countries to react. However, according to Therese Akerstedt, a spokeswoman for the Swedish Air Force,