“On March 15, 2019, the B-52 plane of the US Air Force made a flight with a transponder turned over the neutral waters of the Baltic Sea to a parallel course to the territorial waters of the Russian Federation,” TASS quoted the agency’s statement.
The Defense Ministry also noted that the B-52 was not close to the Russian borders closer than 150 km.
“He made a U-turn in the opposite direction immediately after taking him to escort the Russian anti-aircraft defense on duty,” the ministry concluded.
Earlier, the monitoring resource PlaneRadar in its Twitter reported that the American B-52 bomber carried out maneuvers near the borders of Russia in the Baltic region.
16:25 Moscow time
Strategic bomber #Boeing B-52H #Stratofortress US Air Force, tail number 61-0009, imitation of the bombing of the base of the Baltic fleet. # USAF # B52pic.twitter.com / yzSJIWjXCk
On March 14, it was reported that the US Air Force OC-135B Open Skies aircraft made a scheduled observation flight over Russia.