MOSCOW, Russia, July 6 (NNN-TASS) – A Russian Su-27 fighter jet, chased off a U.S. reconnaissance plane, which was approaching the Russian territorial waters, over the Black Sea, the Russian Defence Ministry said, Friday.
“The Russian jet approached an air object at a safe distance, identified it as a U.S. P-8A Poseidon reconnaissance aircraft, which immediately changed its direction of flight and moved away from the Russian border,” it said, in a statement.
The intercept took place close to the region where Russia and the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), are carrying out naval force drills, separately, in the Black Sea.
In another statement on Friday, the Defence Ministry, said that, Russian war planes took off three times, in the last seven days, to prevent foreign aircraft from violating the Russian border.– NNN-TASS
