Russian fighters escorted two US reconnaissance aircraft over the Black Sea

"Russian airspace control systems ... detected air targets approaching the state border of Russia," TASS reports.

It is noted that in order to identify objects and prevent violations of the border, Su-27 and Su-30 fighters took to the air.

The fighter crews managed to identify the aerial targets as the US Air Force RC-135 strategic reconnaissance aircraft and the US Army CL-600 Artemis reconnaissance and targeting aircraft.

(Fighters. -

) escorted them over the Black Sea, ”the message says.

In November, it was reported that the radar systems of the anti-aircraft missile forces of the Russian Aerospace Forces detected and escorted six NATO reconnaissance aircraft in the Black Sea area per day.