Russia: The Ministry of Defense released a video of a NATO reconnaissance aircraft being intercepted in the Black Sea.
A Sukhoi Su-30SM fighter jet was scrambled to intercept two spy planes of the French Navy and the UK Air Force and prevent them from violating the Russian state border, Russia’s National Defense Control Center reported on Thursday.
Russian airspace control systems detected two air targets over the neutral waters of the Black Sea approaching Russia’s state border on August 20, the Center said.
“A Su-30SM fighter from the Southern Military District’s air defense quick reaction alert forces was scrambled to identify the air targets and prevent them from violating the Russian state border,” it said.
“The Russian fighter’s crew approached the aerial objects at a safe distance and identified them as a French Navy Atlantique-2 reconnaissance aircraft and a UK Air Force Sentinel R1 surveillance plane,” the National Defense Control Center said.
