(ANSA) - ROME, MARCH 21 - The Moscow Defense Ministry announced that yesterday one of its Su-35 fighters intercepted 2 US B-52H strategic bombers flying towards the Russian border over the Baltic Sea: the jet returned after the bombers they walked away.
Interfax reports it.
The episode follows the downing on March 14 of a US drone in the Black Sea after being intercepted by Russian fighter jets.
Moscow said the Su-35 flight was strictly in line with international rules on the use of airspace.
"No violations were allowed" of Russia's state border, he stressed.
(HANDLE).