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Due to the flight of the US Air Force B-52H strategic bombers in Ukraine’s airspace, Russia transferred the air defense of the Southern Military District to full combat readiness. This was reported in the Air Force command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Flight American B-52H missile carriers and Ukrainian MiG-29 and Su-27 fighters over the Sea of Azov in Ukraine’s airspace stirred up the Russian invaders. they reacted by lifting eight fighters (four Su-27s and four Su-30s) into the air. The command of the Ukrainian Air Force announced it on September 5 on Facebook.
According to the command, the Russian Federation has transferred the air defense of the Southern Military District in full readiness for combat.
“Military experts write that NATO reconnaissance aircraft have used it successfully, they have received all the necessary information on air defense from a potential enemy,” the statement said.
Command posted video from the cockpit of the B-52N in the flight of missile carriers from Great Britain, accompanied by Ukrainian fighters.
US Boeing B-52 Stratofortress bombers flew in the skies over Ukraine and near Russia-annexed Crimea on September 4, accompanied by fighters from the Air Force’s Su-27 and MiG-29 tactical aviation brigades.
The military noted that the American bombers took off from the Ferford airbase in the United Kingdom on the morning of September 4, then flew over the territory of Europe, accompanied by fighters from the air forces of the NATO countries.
According to BlackSeaNews editor-in-chief Andrey Klimenko, the British reconnaissance aircraft Airborne Stand-Off Radar (ASTOR) was part of the air group that flew to Crimea.
This May over Ukraine Strategic B-1B Lancer bombers flew past with military numbers 85-0060 and 86-60139 of the Air Force of the United States. In flight over the country, the planes were accompanied by Ukrainian Su-27 and MiG-29.
These bombers have already flown over Europe more than once as part of a NATO mission. In particular, in May, American aircraft conducted a non-stop refueling flight over the United Kingdom, reported Site of the US Air Force in Europe and Africa.
Russia annexed Crimea and Sevastopol after illegal referendum on March 16, 2014… Ukraine and most of the countries of the world do not recognize the accession of the peninsula to the Russian Federation.
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