The Russian military has spotted 17 foreign reconnaissance planes near the country's airspace over the past week, the Armed Forces' official newspaper Krasnaya Zvezda reported on Friday.
According to a weekly infographic released by the outlet, Russian jets have been scrambled 12 times to intercept the foreign aircraft and prevent them from illegally crossing into the Russian airspace.
The material showed there had been no trespasses.
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