๐๐ช๐จ๐จ๐๐ ๐จ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐๐ก๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ช-27 ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฅ๐ฉ ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐-3๐ ๐ง๐๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ง๐๐ง๐๐๐ฉ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐ฌ๐ค ๐๐๐๐๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ง ๐๐๐ฉ๐จ ๐ค๐ซ๐๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ฝ๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐๐
Russia says it scrambled fighter jet to escort French military planes over the Black Sea.
Russiaโs defence ministry said Tuesday that it had scrambled a fighter jet to โprevent a violation of the Russian state borderโ by three French aircraft over the Black Sea.
Such incidents have regularly occurred, even before Russia launched its offensive in Ukraine in 2022.
โTo prevent a violation of the Russian state border, a Su-27 fighter aircraft was raised into the air,โ Russiaโs defence ministry said.
The crew identified an โE-3F long-range radar aircraft and two Rafale-S multirole fighters belonging to the French air forceโ over the Black Sea.
As the Russian fighters approached, โthe foreign military aircraft performed a U-turn away from the borders of the Russian Federation,โ it added.
There was no recorded breach of the border, according to the ministry statement.
This is the latest in a string of similar incidents over the Black Sea.