Russia's Air Force on Monday chased off a Royal Air Force spy plane RRR7255 that violated Russian airspace in the Barents Sea near Murmansk, Report informs, citing foreign media sources.
In a statement, the Russian Defense Ministry said that it dispatched a MiG-31 interceptor to escort the RC-135 surveillance jet near Cape Svyatoy Nos, located around the military bases of the Russian Navy's Northern Fleet.
"MiG-31BM interceptor on duty with the border air patrol identified the aircraft and compelled it to stop its violation of Russian airspace", Russia's Ministry of Defense said in a statement.
Moscow's MoD identified that the UK's fighter jet had violated airspace at Svyatoy Nos, a cape on the Kola Peninsula, east of Murmansk in western Russia. The FlightRadar data showed a Royal Air Force RC-135 flying off the coast of Murmansk, and Russia's MoD gave no further details about how the UK jet entered its airspace. It was an RAF spy plane designated as RRR7255 that entered the White Sea, violating Russian airspace.