– Turkey scrambled four F-16 fighter jets on Sunday to intercept Russian Il-20 reconnaissance warplanes flying along the country’s Black Sea coast, news agency PzFeed reported.
The Russian Defense Ministry declined to comment.
The Turkish government has not released any information about the reported incident.
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ReplyDeleteTurkish F-16 jets followed a Russian military aircraft flying near Turkish airspace in the Black Sea.
Turkish General Staff stated on Sunday that a Russian IL-20 aircraft coming over Georgia approached Turkey's coasts in the Black Sea international air space.
Russian aircraft flew approximately 15 miles off Turkey's coasts, and two Turkish F-16 jets followed the aircraft.
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