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| Russian Su-27 warns off NATO F-16 trying to approach defense minister’s plane over Baltic | |
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| A NATO F-16 fighter jet has tried to approach the Russian defense minister’s plane above the neutral waters of the Baltic Sea. The plane was warded off by a Russian Su-27 escorting the minister’s aircraft, according to journalists who were on board. | A NATO F-16 fighter jet has tried to approach the Russian defense minister’s plane above the neutral waters of the Baltic Sea. The plane was warded off by a Russian Su-27 escorting the minister’s aircraft, according to journalists who were on board. |
| Russian plane was en route to the city of Kaliningrad, a western Russian exclave between Poland and Lithuania on the Baltic Sea, where Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu is scheduled to discuss security issues with defense officials on Wednesday. | |
| Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that he has no information about the incident. | |
| “It’s probably better to ask the Defense Ministry,” Peskov said in answer to journalists’ questions. |