Russian Fighter Jet Confronts British Military Aircraft Amidst Tensions
Royal Air Force RC-135W reconnaissance aircraft unveiled by the Russian Ministry of Defence. Reuters Yonhap News
As Russia grapples with internal conflicts following a recent uprising by the notorious mercenary company Wagner Group, a notable incident emerged on the 26th (local time): a Russian fighter jet aggressively approached a British military aircraft.
The Russian Ministry of Defense addressed the incident in a statement released on the same day, confirming the interception of three objects approaching Russian airspace over the Black Sea. Two Sukhoi-27 fighter jets quickly scrambled to counter this airborne intrusion swiftly. The ministry clarified that one of the trespassing objects was identified as a Royal Air Force RC-135 reconnaissance aircraft, accompanied by two Typhoon fighter jets.
It appears that Russia’s response to aircraft belonging to countries in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has been escalating since the war in Ukraine. Whenever NATO aircraft, including those traversing the Black and Baltic seas, enter Russian airspace, Russia dispatches emergency fighter jets and conducts threatening flights. In a concerning incident in March, a Russian Sukhoi-27 fighter jet collided with a US Air Force MQ-9 Reaper drone, causing the drone to crash.
Reporter: Kim Hyun-ah
Royal Air Force RC-135W reconnaissance aircraft unveiled by the Russian Ministry of Defence. Reuters Yonhap News
As Russia begins to read internally after the ’36 hour rebellion’ of the mercenary company Wagner Group, it was found that a Russian fighter jet once confronted a British military aircraft on the 26th (local time).
According to Reuters and Sputnik news agencies, the Russian Ministry of Defense issued a statement on the same day and said, “We confirmed three objects approaching Russian airspace from over the Black Sea, and two scrambled Sukhoi-27 fighter jets to block their airspace incursion. .” The Ministry of National Defense said, “The object was identified as a Royal Air Force RC-135 reconnaissance aircraft and two Typhoon fighter jets.”
Since the war in Ukraine, it seems that Russia’s response to aircraft belonging to NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) countries has continued to rise. Russia makes an emergency type of fighter jets and conducts threatening flights when NATO aircraft appear in its airspace, including over the Black and Baltic seas. In March, a Russian Sukhoi-27 fighter jet crashed into the propeller of a US Air Force MQ-9 Reaper drone over the Black Sea, causing the drone to crash.
Reporter Kim Hyun-ah
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