Britain did not violate the state borders of the Russian Federation - the representative of the Ministry of Defense

16 August 2022, 23:28 | Peace 
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Britain has denied Russian claims that a British electronic surveillance aircraft violated their state border on Monday, writes CNN.

The United Kingdom said that the aircraft of the Royal Air Force of Britain carried out a "

“A Russian MiG-31 aircraft made a dangerous overflight of an RAF RC-135W Rivet Joint aircraft during a planned operation in international airspace over the Norwegian and Barents Seas on Monday, August 15. The UK aircraft was in communication with the Russian civilian air traffic controller and its crew acted safely and professionally,” a UK Defense Ministry spokesman said on Tuesday..

The speaker added that the RAF plane did not enter Russian sovereign space and later returned safely to its base in the UK..

Yesterday Russia accused Britain of violating its airspace. Russian troops said they had discovered an "

Earlier it was reported that the US military tracked and identified Russian aircraft that twice flew into the Alaska air defense recognition zone..

A few days later, another similar incident occurred..

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