Russia has raised a fighter to intercept the US Navy aircraft - the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation

The Russian defense department stated that the American aircraft of the basic patrol aviation was moving in the direction of the border of the Russian Federation. On Monday, September 18, Russian air space control over the Barents Sea was discovered over the Navy of the US Navy over the Barents Sea, after which the Russian Mig-31 fighter was raised in the air. This was reported by the press service of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

The department stated that the fighter from the northern fleet of the Air Forces of the Northern Fleet was raised in order to recognize the object and prevent the violation of the state border of Russia. The air target was identified by the Russian side as a plane of the base patrol aircraft P-8A Poseidon US Air Force. It is reported that the American aircraft allegedly moved in the direction of the border of Russia, but as Mig-31 approached.

"The flight of the Russian fighter was carried out in accordance with the international rules for the use of airspace over neutral waters without crossing the air routes and a dangerous rapprochement with the aircraft of a foreign state," the Russian Defense Ministry said. We will remind, on September 18 it became known about the "strange" accident in the United States. In South Carolina.