A Russian fighter jet escorting the country's defense minister 'chased away' a NATO F/A-18 that came close to the government plane, according to state-run media.
LONDON — A Russian fighter jet escorting the country's defense minister"chased away" a NATO F/A-18 that came close to the government plane, according to state-run media which released dramatic video of the incident.
The planes were flying in international airspace but came"close to allied airspace," NATO said in a statement. It said it did not know who was on board the plane, and that"once identification of the aircraft had taken place, the NATO jets returned to base." According to Zvezda, a TV channel owned and operated by the ministry, the NATO plane"tried to get close to" Shoigu's aircraft"but the Russian Su-27 pilots pushed the fighter aircraft aside, not allowing it to come close to the airliner."
The Russian defense minister was flying back to Moscow from Kaliningrad, a heavily militarized Russian territory surrounded by European nations, where he attended war games that included troops from China, Iran and Venezuela.
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