Russia reported this Monday that she was forced to use one of her warplanes for intercept two NATO warplanes over the Baltic Seawhich he accuses of wanting “break the border”.
“After clearing the foreign military plane from the Russian state border, the Russian fighter returned safely to the airport,” the Russian Defense Ministry said in its Telegram messaging account.
According to information, the intercepted aircraft are a German P-3C Orion and a French anti-submarine patrol boat Atlantique 2.
The ministry specified that the Russian border has not been violated.
“The flight of the Russian fighter was carried out in strict compliance with international rules for the use of airspace over neutral waters without crossing airways and without coming dangerously close to a foreign aircraft,” the ministry said.
Accidents between Russian aircraft and those of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) member countries have multiplied in recent years, even before the start of the Russian military operation in Ukraine on February 24, 2022.
In April, a Russian fighter jet intercepted a German navy aircraft over the Baltic as it approached the Russian border.
Source: Clarin
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