Russian Defense Ministry Reports NATO Reconnaissance Flights Near Its Borders

The Russian Defense Ministry reported this morning, through the Ministry’s newspaper Krasnaya Zvezda (Red Star), that Russian air defense forces tracked, by radar and other means, more than 40 NATO reconnaissance aircraft on its peripheries last week, including 34 manned aircraft and 8 drones. On three occasions, Russian fighter jets were scrambled to warn NATO aircraft away from Russian airspace.