Japan after South Korea accused Russia of violating its airspace

Tokyo protested Moscow and Seoul after the Russian plane flew over the Japanese Sea. This was reported by Kyodo.

“We cannot allow such actions on our territory,” the report said, transmitted through the diplomatic channels of Russia and South Korea.

On the morning of July 23, three Russian military aircraft violated the airspace of South Korea in the Toktok Islands area over the Japanese Sea, previously reported the United Committee of the Chiefs of Staff of the Republic. The islands of Toktok are the subject of the territorial dispute between Tokyo and Seoul.

In the area of ​​the incident there were three Russian aircraft: two Tu-95 strategic bomber and one A-50 long-range radar detection and A-50 control aircraft. The A-50 invaded the airspace of South Korea, they say in Seoul.

After the A-50 twice violated the border, the fighters of the Air Force of South Korea rose into the air. They accompanied the Russian plane and fired warning shots. Later, two more aircraft of the Russian Air Force, as well as two Chinese military aircraft, flew into the airspace of the country.

Earlier, South Korea reported only airspace violation by Russian civilian aircraft, there were no such incidents with airborne cosmic forces of the Russian Federation.

In the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, all charges rejected. They stated that two South Korean F-16 fighters were approaching Russian aircraft, which, according to Moscow, "" committed unprofessional maneuvers, crossing the course of Russian strategic missile carriers and pose a threat to their safety. "