On Monday, the Russian Defense Ministry reported that two Russian Su-27 fighter fighters intercepted three British military aircraft flying over the Black Sea and near the Russian border.
The ministry identified the intercepted aircraft as two Typhoon fighter jets and an RC-135 reconnaissance and electronic warfare aircraft.
Moscow Claims Shooting Down US Strategic Bombers In Baltic
Two British Typhoon fighters and an RC-135 reconnaissance plane, according to the government, were the participating aircraft.
The British Ministry of Defense has not yet responded to the assertion.
In two separate instances last month, Moscow asserted that it had shot down four US strategic bombers in the Baltic.
And earlier this month, three Russian Air Force jets were shot down by RAF Typhoons when they approached NATO airspace.
It happened barely two days after Yevgeny Prigozhin, the director of Wagner, allegedly started a mutiny against Vladimir Putin, sending Russia into crisis.
On a march for justice, Wagner soldiers departed Ukraine and started to travel hundreds of kilometers toward Moscow.
It came after a fierce, protracted dispute between Mr. Prigozhin and Russia’s military leadership.
In a Monday night audio statement, Mr. Prigozhin denied aiming to undermine the Russian government and claimed that his actions were in response to an attack on his squad that claimed the lives of about 30 of his warriors.
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He also made fun of the Russian military, claiming that his march was a lesson on how it ought to have invaded Ukraine.
He made fun of the Russian military for failing to defend the nation by highlighting security lapses that allowed Wagner to march 780 km without encountering any resistance and block all military troops on its
James Cleverly, the foreign secretary, claimed that Mr. Prigozhin had openly refuted Putin’s justifications for the conflict in Ukraine and that the march represented an unprecedented challenge to the President’s power.
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