RUSSIA will fly over Europe mapping NATO forces to assess the nuclear threat this week.<\/p>\n
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Vladimir Putins spy aircraft will fly over the Balkan states Croatia and Slovenia which are NATO members to make observations from today until Saturday, April 29. <\/p>\n
The head of Russias Nuclear Risk Reduction Centre announced the brazen flights. <\/p>\n
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Russia is planning to carry out an observation flight over the territory of Slovenia and Croatia <\/p>\n
Staggeringly, NATO is powerless to stop todays flyover which will allow Russian military experts to plot where all our defences are. <\/p>\n
We signed a deal with the Kremlin to allow the flights under the Treaty on Open Skies signed with the former Soviet leaders in 1992. <\/p>\n
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Sergei Ryzhkov, head of the Russian Defence Ministry's Nuclear Risk Reduction Centre, said: Within the framework of implementation of the Treaty on Open Skies, Russia is planning to carry out an observation flight on the Russian An-30B aircraft over the territory of Slovenia and Croatia. <\/p>\n
Russian An-30B Clank aircraft will be allowed to take off from airfields around Slovenian capital Ljubljana and Zagreb, in Croatia. <\/p>\n
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French observers will be on board to check the Russians dont pull a fast one. <\/p>\n
The Treaty on Open Skies which came into force in 2002 was supposed to build trust between the former USSR and NATO by forcing each to show their hand in a bid to avoid an apocalyptic nuclear war. <\/p>\n
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