The Russian Ministry of Defense said, on Wednesday, that the Su-27 fighter was able to identify an air target that approached Russia’s borders, over the Baltic Sea.
It is noteworthy that the crew of the Russian fighter identified the air target as an R-3C Orion patrol plane of the German Navy, according to the Russian agency “Tass”.
The National Defense Control Center in Russia stated, “After the foreign military aircraft moved away from the borders of the Russian Federation, the Russian fighter returned safely to the airport.”