Russia scrambled two Su-27 fighter jets on Thursday to stop three British army planes from getting into Russian airspace over the Black Sea, the Russian defence ministry mentioned.
It mentioned the Russian fighters had been despatched to intercept “three air targets” approaching the border, and recognized them as an RC-135 reconnaissance plane and two Storm fighter planes.
“Because the Russian fighters approached, the overseas army plane turned away from the state border of the Russian Federation,” the assertion mentioned.
It was not clear how shut the planes had come to one another.
The Black Sea has turn into an more and more necessary theatre within the struggle between Russia and Ukraine, now nearing the top of its twentieth month. President Vladimir Putin mentioned on Wednesday that he had ordered Russian planes armed with Kinzhal hypersonic missiles to patrol over the Black Sea.
Russia has beforehand reported quite a lot of incidents wherein its fighter jets had been scrambled to intercept army planes from Norway, one other NATO member, over the Barents Sea.
It mentioned the Russian fighters had been despatched to intercept “three air targets” approaching the border, and recognized them as an RC-135 reconnaissance plane and two Storm fighter planes.
“Because the Russian fighters approached, the overseas army plane turned away from the state border of the Russian Federation,” the assertion mentioned.
It was not clear how shut the planes had come to one another.
The Black Sea has turn into an more and more necessary theatre within the struggle between Russia and Ukraine, now nearing the top of its twentieth month. President Vladimir Putin mentioned on Wednesday that he had ordered Russian planes armed with Kinzhal hypersonic missiles to patrol over the Black Sea.
Russia has beforehand reported quite a lot of incidents wherein its fighter jets had been scrambled to intercept army planes from Norway, one other NATO member, over the Barents Sea.
