US aircraft conduct reconnaissance on the border of Russia's Kaliningrad region
(Baonghean.vn) - The monitoring site Plane Radar said that US Air Force aircraft conducted reconnaissance near the border of Kaliningrad province.
According to the portal, at 9:50 a.m. on June 17, Moscow time, the RC-135V Rivet Joint radio reconnaissance aircraft with hull number 64-14845 and call sign # SHUSH77 took off from Mildenhall air base in the UK.
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RC-135V Rivet Joint. Photo: AP |
Then, at 11:50 Moscow time, the plane appeared in the sky over Poland and Lithuania, detected near the border of Kaliningrad Oblast.
Recently, foreign drones and reconnaissance aircraft, especially American ones, have been increasingly appearing near Russia's borders. They have been spotted in the Black Sea region, near Kaliningrad, as well as not far from the Russian base in Syria.
The Pentagon refuses to end intelligence operations at Russia's borders, despite requests from the Russian Defense Ministry.