Russia says fighter jet intercepts US bomber on border
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Russia's defense ministry said on Tuesday one of its fighter jets intercepted an American strategic bomber that was flying near the border of Russian airspace.
The defense ministry said in a statement that it had to scramble the Su-27 to the area over the Baltic Sea on Tuesday morning after Russian radars spotted an aircraft flying along the border. The ministry said the Russian jet identified it as a US B-52 strategic bomber and escorted it until it flew further away from the border.
The defense ministry did not specify where exactly the intercept happened.
