Moscow. April 16. INTERFAX-Forty-three foreign planes and 15 drones conducted reconnaissance near the Russian borders during the week, according to data from the Russian Defense Ministry, which was published in the departmental newspaper Krasnaya Zvezda on Friday.
Foreign spy planes and drones were accompanied by Russian radar stations. Twice in a week, the Russian military raised fighters of the air defense forces on duty in the air to prevent violations of the state border, according to the materials of the Russian Defense Ministry.
The United States and European countries have expressed concern about the strengthening of the military group in Crimea and the movement of Russian troops near the border with Ukraine.