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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Alexander Butler

Russian fighters ‘scrambled over Black Sea to prevent British warplanes approaching Russian airspace’

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Two Russian fighter jets were scrambled on Thursday to prevent three British warplanes from entering Russian airspace over the Black Sea, the Russian defence ministry has claimed.

The Su-27 fighter jets were sent to intercept “three air targets” near the border, with Russia claiming to have identified them as a British RC-135 reconnaissance aircraft and two Typhoon fighter planes.

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