Two Russian fighter jets Sukhoi-27 forced a US B-52 bomber to move away from the Russian border, the Defense Ministry told the media on Thursday.
American B-52 bomber was flying over international waters of the Baltic Sea. Russia’s air space control means identified it far away from the border and put it under observation.
Two Sukhoi-27 jets of the air defence forces were ordered to identify and escort the aircraft. After the strategic bomber B-52H changed course to move away from the Russian state border the jets returned to base, the Defense Ministry’s statement says.
The Defense Ministry has uploaded a video of the incident to its Facebook page.
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