British reconnaissance aircraft Boeing RC-135W Rivet Joint and American Boeing P-8A Poseidon were spotted in the sky over the Black Sea west of Crimea. Such information follows from Flightradar data.
According to the service, the British plane took off from Constanta airport at 11:15 Moscow time and at 14:21 Moscow time continued to conduct reconnaissance in the western part of the Black Sea. It is located in Crete. According to the source, after flying over Greece and Bulgaria, the plane turned to the north-east in the area of the city of Burgas, after which it moved along the coast of the Black Sea. It was reported that the Boeing P-8A Poseidon was flying in a circle in the area of the mouth of the Danube River in eastern Romania. Before this, German fighters intercepted Russian planes over the Baltic Sea.
The German Eurofighter escorted one Su-35 and four Su-30 over the Baltic Sea. In turn, the Su-27 intercepted the British reconnaissance aircraft and fighters over the Black Sea.
Earlier, the Russian Su-35 "knocked down" the American F-16 on the coast of Alaska.
