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On July 21, Russian MiG-29 and MiG-31 fighters intercepted B-52H bombers of the US Air Force approaching the state border of the Russian Federation over the Barents Sea.
The incident was reported by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. According to the official claim, Russian means of airpace control detected a group air target approaching the state border. In order to identify the air target and prevent violations of the airspace of the Russian Federation, MiG-29 and MiG-31 fighters from the air defense forces on duty were lifted into the air.
A pair of American B-52H strategic bombers were moving towards the Russian border. After Russian fighters approached the American bombers, ”they performed a U-turn from the Russian border.”
As a result, the Russian aircraft returned safely to their airfield, the Russian military added. The Ministry of Defense stressed that the flight of the MiG-29 and MiG-31 were performed in strict accordance with international rules for the use of airspace over neutral waters and in compliance with security measures.
This is far for the first time that American and other NATO aircraft perform dangerous provocations, approaching the state border of the Russian Federation. Amid the ongoing hostilities in Ukraine, various NATO aircraft, including numerous reconnaissance UAVs, are conducting reconnaissance operations in the Black Sea and near the Russian city of Kaliningrad. NATO aircraft are providing the Ukrainian military with precious data and target strikes with NATO missiles in the Russian rear. As a result of NATO operations, dangerous incidents that threatened a major escalation of the conflict could not be avoided. LINK, LINK, LINK, LINK
