Russia has accused Britain of engaging in the deliberate provocation. Russia's Defense Ministry has made the allegation. Britain's request for permission to fly its RC-135 spy plane over Russia was a deliberate provocation, the Ministry of Defense said.
The ministry added that the Russian Air Force has been tasked with preventing any violations of Russian airspace. Meanwhile, Russia reported that a British spy plane had violated Russian airspace. In this case, a Russian fighter jet ejected a British plane from Russian airspace, the country's Ministry of Defense said. The Ministry of Defense added that the British spy plane violated Russian airspace near Cape Svyatoi Nose, which lies between the Barents Sea and the White Sea.
