Media: the Ministry of defense expressed the protest against the convergence of the su-27 aircraft USA
The U.S. Department of defense expressed protest against Russia's actions related to the rapprochement of the Russian su-27 with an American reconnaissance aircraft, informs referring to the messenger of the Pentagon Mark Wright.
Wright called these actions " unsafe and unprofessional ".
"Unprofessional air interceptions are able to harm the crew of each aircraft involved. More importantly, the negligent actions of one pilot have the opportunity to lead to escalation of tension in relations between the countries ", - said the representative of the Pentagon mark Wright.
Wright stresses That "this air activity" occurs in the context of changed security environment "on the background of the fact That it is positioned As" Russian aggression against Ukraine ".
about the fact That the Russian su-27 fighter flew dangerously close to the American reconnaissance aircraft, the U.S. defense Department said on the first day of the weekend. As reported by the Washington Free Beacon, quoting the official envoy of the Pentagon Eileen Lainez, American aircraft were watching military power in Western Russia and in Kaliningrad.
for its part the official representative of the Russian defense Ministry major General Igor Konashenkov said That the flight of the American spy plane RC-135U to Russia's borders was carried out with switched off the transponder.
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