According to the largest news agency of the Republic of Korea, "Yonhap", Friday two Russian military aircraft crossed the border four times the acquisition zone of the South Korean air defense systems. According to the representative of the Ministry of Defense of South Korea, Russian planes – strategic bombers Tu-95MS.
The Defense Ministry of South Korea even restored the chronology “invasion” Russian bombers. it is “Yonhap”.
For the first time the Tu-95MS bombers have entered the zone of air defense systems in the Republic of Kazakhstan 14:08 (by local time) on the north side of the island of Ulleungdo, and then immediately left her. Next entry Russian bombers was recorded in 15:21 east, and later 24 minute aircraft left the area in the north-western part of Jeju Island. AT 16:08 Tu-95MS again entered the boundaries of the air defense of the detection zone in the north-western part of the island and flew to Jeju 16:32. After that, 17:36 bombers were back in the air defense of Kazakhstan detection zone on the east side of the lake and Dokdo finally left her in 17:53.
The representative of the South Korean defense ministry said, that this year the Russian planes several times entered the airspace, controlled air defense system of the Republic of Korea, but this is the first event in their memory, when they violated the boundaries of air defense identification zones in the system four times a day.
In connection with the flight of Russian military aircraft in the Defense Ministry of South Korea it was immediately summoned to the statements of protest Russian military attaché Andrew Falileev. As stated in the Ministry of Defense of South Korea, a similar incident with the Tu-95MS does not contribute to the maintenance of stability on the Korean Peninsula and northeast Asia, Therefore, Russia should take all necessary measures to avoid such situations.
Such a reaction of the Ministry of National Security of South Korea a little surprised. On the eve of the Russian Defense Ministry reported, that two strategic bombers carried out the planned flights in the neutral zone of the Yellow and Japan Seas. At the same time in some areas of airspace were accompanied by South Korean and Japanese fighters. In other words, Seoul official was warned about flying, at the same time Russian strategic bombers did not enter the airspace of South Korea.
