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Russian Air Force spotted 42 foreign reconnaissance jets near Russian borders last week

Russian Aviaton » Friday October 4, 2019 03:21 MSK
Su-24 and Su-27 | photo from web-site mil.ru

Russian fighter jets have been scrambled 27 times on interception missions in the last week, the Krasnaya Zvezda (Red Star) newspaper quoted the Russian Defense Ministry as saying.

According to the defense ministry, 42 foreign aircraft conducted reconnaissance near Russian borders. The defense ministry said that violations of Russian airspace were prevented.

Last week the defense ministry said that Russian fighter jets were scrambled 20 times on interception missions in one week.