MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Russian military scrambled an Su-27 fighter jet to escort a U.S. B-52H bomber over the Baltic Sea, Russian news agencies reported on Wednesday citing the military.
TASS news agency said the Su-27 was scrambled in order to identify the target and prevent it from breaching the Russian border.
It said the pilot has identified it as the strategic bomber B-52H and escorted it over the Baltic Sea. The Russian border has not been violated, it added.
(Reporting by Vladimir Soldatkin)
