Russia scrambles fighter to intercept Norwegian military plane – Defence Ministry
Relations between Russia and Norway, a NATO member state which shares a short Arctic border with Russia, have deteriorated further since Moscow invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022.
August 24, 2023
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s Defence Ministry said on Thursday it had scrambled an MIG-31 jet to intercept a Norwegian military plane over the Barents Sea near the two countries’ Arctic border, the second such incident in two days and the third this month.
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