According to the Russian military, on September 14, the radars of the air defense forces of the Southern Military District "revealed three air targets approaching from the Ukrainian side to the state border of Russia over the Black Sea." 

It is noted that the crews of Russian fighters identified aerial targets and escorted them over the Black Sea.

On September 8, it was reported that a Russian Su-27 fighter was climbing to intercept US and Swedish reconnaissance aircraft over the Baltic Sea.