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Moscow [Russia], June 06 (ANI): A Russian fighter jet, Sukhoi Su-27, intercepted an American B-52 bomber along the Russian border over the Baltic Sea.
Sputnik news quoted the Russian Defense Ministry as saying, that it scrambled a Su-27 air superiority fighter over the Baltics on Tuesday to intercept and escort a US B-52 strategic bomber that approached its borders.
“The crew of the Russian Su-27, in approaching the aerial object at a safe distance, identified it as a US B-52 strategic bomber and escorted it,” the ministry said in a statement.
The statement added that the incident over the neutral waters of the Baltic Sea took place at 07:00 GMT.
The Su-27, which serves as part of the Russian Navy’s Baltic Fleet air defense patrol, returned to its airfield after carrying out the operation. (ANI)
This is published unedited from the ANI feed.
