Russia has detected 27 foreign reconnaissance aircraft near its airspace over the past week, the weekly infographic, published by the Russian Armed Forces' official newspaper Krasnaya Zvezda, showed on Friday.
According to the material, Russian jets were scrambled six times to prevent the foreign planes from crossing into the Russian airspace.
The number of air incidents involving Russian and foreign planes has reportedly increased in the past years after North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) ratcheted up its presence on Russia’s western border in 2014.
