China News Service, September 19. According to the Russian Satellite Network, Rutskoy, Director of the Operations Directorate of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, said that since 2020, the frequency of Russian fighter jets intercepting foreign military aircraft over the Black Sea has increased by 21%.
Rutzkoy said: "The number of fighter lifts from the duty force has increased by 21% compared with last year (2019)."
He also said: "In order to protect the Russian air border, 27 Russian military aircraft were dispatched this month to the Black Sea and the Azov Sea in the northern part of the Crimean Peninsula."
Rutskoy pointed out that the air defense missile system deployed by Russia is ready to go.
The commander-in-chief of the Russian Aerospace Forces Surovkin said on September 11 that the frequency of NATO fighters' activities near the Russian border has increased greatly. From August 28 to September 4, Russian fighters took off 27 times to intercept attempts to approach. Foreign military aircraft on the Russian border.
On August 29, the media reported that Russian naval fighters were accompanied by NATO fighters while participating in the "Shield of the Seas-2020" military exercise to perform ocean-going missions.
NATO aircraft headed by the United States often arrive near the Russian border for reconnaissance activities. Russia has always firmly opposed this.