# Source: US F-35A fighter flies over Baltic Sea near Russia’s Kaliningrad Region

https://mins.news/en/item/26590

- TASS, 2026-08-19 19:25 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/world/2175327

> A source in EU air traffic control services said a US F-35A Lightning II fighter was flying and maneuvering over neutral Baltic Sea waters near the Kaliningrad Region at an altitude of about one kilometer. The aircraft arrived from Reykjavík via the airspace of Norway, Sweden and Poland. Several NATO reconnaissance, radar and electronic-warfare aircraft had operated near the region the previous day.