Two air targets were discovered coming close to Russia’s state boundary, Russia stated. (Representational)
Russia:
Russia stated Monday it had actually rushed a Su-27 competitor jet over the Baltic Sea to obstruct 2 airplanes, one German and also one French, which Moscow stated had actually tried to “violate” its airspace.
“After turning the foreign military planes away from the Russian Federation state border, the Russian fighter (jet) returned safely to its airbase,” the Russian protection ministry stated in a declaration.
The 2 airplanes were a P-3C Orion German patrol airplane, and also an anti-submarine patrol airplane Atlantique 2, coming from the French navy.
“The flight of the Russian fighter was carried out in strict accordance with international rules on the use of airspace over neutral waters,” the ministry stated.
It included that the Russian jet had actually performed its procedure “without crossing air routes or making dangerous rapprochement with an aircraft of a foreign state.”
In April, Russia sent off a competitor jet to companion a German marine airplane over the Baltic Sea.
And in March, a US drone was downed in a case including a Russian jet over the Black Sea.
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