A German Navy R-3C Orion patrol aircraft was successfully intercepted on Wednesday by a Russian Su-27 fighter of the Western Military District Air Defense Forces over the Baltic Sea near the borders of the Russian Federation . This was announced by the Russian Ministry of Defense on its Telegram channel.
“In order to identify an air target and prevent violation of the state border of the Russian Federation, a Su-27 fighter of the air defense forces of the Western Military District on duty was lifted into the air <...> The crew of the Russian fighter identified the aerial target as an aircraft from the German Navy's R-3C Orion base patrol aircraft," the ministry said in a statement.After the German aircraft changed course and began to move away from the Russian borders, the Su-27 returned to its base airfield.The Ministry of Defense separately stressed that the crew of the Russian fighter acted in accordance with all international rules for the use of airspace above neutral waters. As a result of the maneuver, the airways did not cross and a dangerous approach by the FRG aircraft was not allowed.Earlier, Lieutenant General Andrei Demin, Commander of the Air Defense Forces, Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Aerospace Forces, said that the Russian Air Defense Force military began work on the defense of the country's northwestern borders in relationship with NATO. expansion.Read the latest issue on foreign affairs from around the world on The Eastern Herald .
