The Russian aggressor country stated that the British reconnaissance aircraft "violated" its airspace. In Britain they responded

The Ministry of Defense of Russia's country has accused the British reconnaissance aircraft of breaking the Russian airspace. A representative of the British Ministry of Defense on Tuesday, August 16, said CNN that the British Air Force aircraft had a regular operation in the international airspace over the Norwegian and Barents seas and later returned to the base.

Video of the day, according to him, the Russian Mig-31 fighter on Monday went to a dangerous rapprochement with the RC-135W RIVet Joint plane. The British aircraft maintained connection with Russian civilian air traffic controllers, and the crew acted professionally, said the official. The Russian Defense Ministry argued that the British plane "violated the air border" of the aggressor state in the Cape area of ​​the holy nose above the Barents Sea water area, and Mig-31 "squeezed it".