The National Defense Management Center stressed that no violations of the state border were allowed
MOSCOW, February 17. /TASS/. Two Russian Su-27 fighter jets escorted a group of French Air Force aircraft, consisting of a KS-135 tanker aircraft and two Mirage 2000 tactical aircraft, over the Black Sea. This was reported to journalists on Wednesday in the National Center for Defense Management of the Russian Federation.
According to the center, Russian means of controlling the airspace over the neutral waters of the Black Sea were detected approaching the state border of the Russian Federation air targets.
"In order to identify air targets and prevent violations of the state border of the Russian Federation, two Su-27 fighters from the air defense duty forces of the Southern Military District Air Force and Air Defense Association were lifted into the air. The crews of Russian fighter jets identified the air targets as a group of French Air Force aircraft consisting of a KC-135 tanker aircraft and two Mirage-2000 tactical aircraft and escorted them over the Black Sea, " the national center said. They stressed that violations of the state border of the Russian Federation are not allowed.
"After the turn of foreign military aircraft from the state border of the Russian Federation, Russian fighters safely returned to the home airfield. The flight of the Russian aircraft was carried out in strict accordance with international rules for the use of airspace," the center noted.
