Moscow Russia, August 16 : A RC-135 reconnaissance aircraft of the British Royal Air Force “illegally crossed” the Russian state border in the Arctic region of Cape Svyatoy Nos, the Russian Defence Ministry has said.The British aircraft was found in the waters of the Barents Sea, and a MiG-31BM fighter swarmed in to take the aircraft to the outside of the Russian territory The ministry was quoted by Xinhua news agency.
It was not often for military aircrafts of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to infiltrate Russia’s airspace, news reports claimed.
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