British fighters made an urgent flight due to Russian aircraft

Two fighters of the Royal Air Force of Great Britain made a sort of alarm due to Russian aircraft. This was reported by Reuters with reference to the press service of the British Ministry of Defense.

According to the agency, two Russian aircraft violated the airspace of the kingdom, after which Typhoon fighters were raised from the air base in the Scottish Lossimut. Both of them now safely returned to the base, specified in the ministry.

Later on May 27, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation distributed a message that the distant Tu-22M3 bombers made a planned flight above the neutral waters of the Barents and Norwegian seas (the latter is connected to the North Sea washing the UK).

“The flights of aircraft were carried out in strict accordance with the international rules for the use of airspace without violating the borders of other states,” the press release entered the Republic said.

Reuters recalls that in recent years, against the backdrop of exacerbation of relations between Russia and the West, due to the Ukrainian crisis, cases have become more frequent when NATO countries had to direct fighters to intercept Russian aircraft. Daily Mail compiled a similar list for the UK; It has about a dozen cases.

In the fall of 2016, The Washington Post wrote that Russian pilots allegedly mocking NATO pilots flying over the Baltic. According to the newspaper, after rapprochement with NATO aircraft at a distance of up to nine meters, Russian pilots in some cases showed the Middle finger to the NATO pilots.