NATO Member Scrambles Fighter Jets Over Unidentified Incursion From Ukraine

A Saab JAS-39 Gripen jet fighter of the Czech air force flies at the ILA 2014 Berlin Air Show in Schoenefeld, Germany, on May 21, 2014. Sean Gallup/Getty Images

Hungary scrambled fighter jets after an unidentified aircraft entered its airspace from Ukraine, according to the NATO country’s Ministry of Defense.

The NATO Joint Air Operations Center in Hungary scrambled Saab JAS 39 Gripen jets after the ministry was “alerted to an aircraft arriving from Ukraine,” said a statement released on Monday.