The Russian Defense Ministry also confirmed
that NATO’s F-15s approached the Su-30SMs during the training missions.
MOSCOW,
January 6. /TASS/. The flights of Russia’s Su-30SM fighter jets over the Baltic
Sea on November 23 and December 13, 2017, were held in accordance with the
international air space management rules and their routes were coordinated with
air traffic control authorities, the Russian Defense Ministry press service
said on Saturday.
"On
November 23 and December 13, 2017, the crews of Russia’s Su-30SM fighter
aircraft performed scheduled training missions over the Baltic Sea’s neutral
waters. The flight route for the Russian fighter aircraft was coordinated with
the air traffic control authorities and carried out in strict compliance with
the international air space management rules without violating the borders of
other states," the report says.
The
ministry also confirmed that NATO’s F-15s approached the Su-30SMs during the
training missions.
"During the training missions, NATO’s F-15 planes
approached the Russian fighter aircraft at a safe distance, after which they
altered their course and withdrew," the Defense Ministry specified.
On Friday,
the Pentagon released a video recording of US aircraft following two Russia’s
Su-30 fighter aircraft in the international air space near the Baltic region on
November 23 and December 13 last year. The command explained that the decision
was prompted, among other things, by the absence of pre-agreed flight plans for
the Russian aviation.
Source: ITAR-TASS 06-01-2018
