In Moscow, told about flying over the United States by Russian Su-27 over the Baltic – RBC

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Russian Ministry of Defense commented information about “intercepting” the Russian Su-27
 US reconnaissance aircraft RC-135U over the Baltic Sea. In Moscow explained that it is not about “dangerous proximity”, and an airplane flying over

The Russian Defense Ministry denied media allegations of a dangerous approach of the Russian Su-27 to the American reconnaissance plane RC-135 in the sky over the Baltic sea, reports “RIA Novosti».

«to American reconnaissance plane RC-135 information to foreign media reports on the alleged dangerous approaching April 14 Russian Su-27 in the skies over the Baltic sea does not correspond to reality” -. the official representative of the Russian defense Ministry, Major-General Igor Konashenkov

According to him, April 14 duty air defense forces of the Baltic sea have found an unknown aerial target, which is a high speed heading for the Russian state border. “To identify the target from the rescue forces of the Baltic Fleet aviation was raised one Su-27, which, having made its survey, identified the object as a reconnaissance plane RC-135U US Air Force” – Konashenkov said

He. He said that after the visual contact with the Su-27 reconnaissance plane RC-135U changed course to the opposite side from the Russian border. Defense Ministry spokesman. said that the flight of the Russian Su-27 over the Baltic Sea was held in strict accordance with international rules, no contingencies were not.

On Saturday night, the representative of the European Command of the US Armed Forces Danny Hernandez said that reconnaissance aircraft Military US -Air force RC-135 was intercepted by a Russian Su-27 aircraft. According to him, this incident took place on Thursday, 14 of April. Russian aircraft in the “aggressive manner” flew within about 15 meters from the American wing of the aircraft.

According to Hernandez, we are talking about the interception of “unsafe and unprofessional manner.” “Unsafe and unprofessional actions of the pilot could lead to unnecessary escalation of relations between the two countries “, -. he concluded

April 13 TV channel CNN en spoke about the dangerous proximity Russian aircraft with the American destroyer” Donald Cook “, and later the Pentagon released a video of what happened. Russian Defense Ministry explained the incident by the fact that the crews of Su-24 Russian VKS performed routine training flights over neutral waters of the Baltic Sea. In the department stressed that to find the ship, “the Russian pilots flew he turned from him in compliance with all safety measures.”