The National Defense
Control Center pointed out that after the US aircraft had flown away from the
border of the Russian Federation, the Russian fighter jets returned to home
airbases.
MOSCOW, September 4.
/TASS/. Eight Russian fighter jets of the Southern Military District have been
scrambled to intercept three US strategic bombers over the Black Sea, Russia’s
National Defense Control Center told reporters on Friday.
According to the
center, on September 4 russian radars detected three B-52N strategic bombers of
the US Air Force that were approaching Russia’s sovereign airspace.
"Four Su-27
fighter jets and four Su-30 fighter jets of the Southern Military District’s
air defense units on duty were scrambled to intercept the US Air Force aircraft
over the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, with the aim to prevent their
unauthorized incursion into the Russian airspace," the center said.
The National Defense
Control Center pointed out that after the US aircraft had flown away from the
border of the Russian Federation, the Russian fighter jets returned to home
airbases.
"All the flights
of the Russian fighter jets took place in strict accordance with international
airspace rules. The US aircraft were not allowed to illegally cross the state
border of the Russian Federation," the ministry added.
Source: ITAR-TASS
05-09-2020
