Overseas Network, July 14th. According to the Russian Satellite News Agency, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported that on the 14th local time, reconnaissance aircraft from the United States and Norway appeared in the airspace near the Barents Sea and the Black Sea. Russian fighters then dispatched to intercept and escort them. go away.
The Russian Ministry of Defense stated that the Russian side had previously discovered that flying targets were close to the Russian border, identified as reconnaissance aircraft from Norway and the United States, and a UAV from the United States. The Russian Northern Fleet and the Southern Military Region successively dispatched fighter planes to intercept, and the fighter planes escorted them away from the Russian border while maintaining a safe distance.
Russian media said that in recent weeks, such incidents have occurred frequently on the Russian border. The Russian Air Force has repeatedly dispatched to intercept US reconnaissance aircraft and other military aircraft. The report pointed out that the purpose of foreign military aircraft approaching the Russian border is to detect Russia's air defense capabilities from the Black Sea in the west to the Sea of Japan in the east. The Russian Ministry of Defense emphasized that all flights must be carried out in strict accordance with the international rules of the regional airspace. (Overseas Wang Shanning Zhao Jianxing)