Russia has been accused of launching a cyber attack on a Spanish Air Force plane which had the country's minister for defence on board.

The incident took place this morning as the plane flew over the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad on its way to Lithuania with Margarita Robles. She was due to meet with her Lithuanian defence minister Dovile Sakaliene, according to the Spanish government's itinerary.

The move comes just a day after NATO warned Russia on Tuesday that it would use all means to defend against any further breaches of its airspace after the downing this month of Russian drones over Poland and Estonia.

In a statement NATO said: “Russia should be in no doubt: NATO and Allies will employ, in accordance with international law, all necessary military and non-military tools to def

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