As the ministry noted, Russian radars over the Black Sea detected three air targets flying towards the Russian state border.
“To prevent violation of the state border of the Russian Federation,” a Su-27 fighter from the air defense forces on duty was dispatched, according to the ministry’s statement.
The French planes were identified as an E-3F long-range radar detection and control aircraft and two Rafale-C multipurpose fighters of the French air and space forces.
After the Russian fighter jet approached, the foreign military aircraft performed a U-turn from Russia’s state border and left the airspace over the Black Sea, the ministry said, adding that the country’s border was not violated.
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