Russia said that a British spy plane violated the country in Barents and Moscow has mobilized the MiG-31BM fighter to prevent.

The Russian Defense Ministry said on August 15, the RC-135 reconnaissance of the British Air Force violated the Russian airspace in the Barents Sea, near the city of Murmansk, Northwest of this country.

According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the location of the incident was SVYATOY NOS, a nose for the Kola peninsula, east of Murmansk.

A Russian MiG-31BM interceptor fighter.

The Russian Defense Ministry has not provided more details, but data from Flightradar shows a RC-135 of the Royal Air Force Air Force flying off the Murmansk coast before the incident.

The aircraft then returned to the base in Waddington, Lincolnshire, the center of the Command collected and reconnaited the targets to monitor the Royal Air Force Intelligence Intelligence (ISTAR).

The British Defense Ministry has not yet commented on this information.

If confirmed, this is the first time a NATO plane has invaded Russian territory since Moscow opened a military campaign in Ukraine in late February.

The Russian Kuril Islands controlled, but Japan also claimed sovereignty and called the Northern territory.

According to Russian officials, NATO's number of reconnaissance flights near the country's border increased by more than 30% in 2021. Russia said that three US B-52 bombers in July 2021 approached Russian airspace.

SVYATOY NOS's nose position.

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