RAF jets ‘are buzzed by Russian planes over the Black Sea’
RAF jets have been buzzed by Russian battle planes over the Black Sea, Moscow has mentioned.
Russia‘s Ministry of Defence assertion on RAF Typhoons over the Black Sea mentioned: ‘Russian air site visitors management management over the Black Sea detected three air targets approaching the State border of the Russian Federation immediately.
‘To stop violation of the State Border of the Russian Federation, a Su-30 fighter from the air defence forces on obligation was scrambled.
‘The Russian fighter crew recognized the air targets as an RC-135 digital reconnaissance and digital warfare plane and two RAF Typhoon multi-role fighters.
RAF jets have been buzzed by Russian battle planes over the Black Sea, Moscow has mentioned
‘As the Russian fighter approached, the international army plane made a flip away from the State border of the Russian Federation.
‘The Russian airplane returned safely to its dwelling airfield.
‘There was no violation of the State Border of the Russian Federation.
‘The flight of the Russian fighter was carried out in strict accordance with worldwide guidelines for using airspace over impartial waters, with out crossing air routes or dangerously approaching plane of a international state.’
It comes as extraordinary new footage revealed the sheer terror confronted by Russian sailors aboard a big touchdown ship sunk by Ukrainian kamikaze sea drones final month.
A GoPro video, taken by sailors aboard the doomed Caesar Kunikov army vessel, confirmed in stunning element how the navy males desperately tried to battle off the oncoming drones in an intense 20-minute sea battle earlier than their vessel was destroyed in a fiery explosion.
The warship was misplaced on February 14, however the footage has solely simply been launched by Russian Telegram channel FighterBomber.
The hellish, chaotic scene noticed a small group of seamen unloading their weapons into the murky water. Explosions rang out round them because the drones one after the other slammed into the ship’s hull and lit up the night time sky.
But the clip additionally highlights how the battle in Ukraine and Kyiv’s deployment of kamikaze sea-based drones have modified the face of naval warfare.
Despite the crew letting free 1000’s of rounds on the oncoming menace, the Russian battleship was powerless to defend towards a flotilla of high-speed, high-explosive MAGURA V5 drones managed by operators tons of of miles away.
No official demise toll has emerged however native stories counsel a number of crew members have been misplaced because the Caesar Kunikov sank.
