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15ft from disaster: Russian jets 'recklessly' buzzed NATO aircraft, it emerges after Ben Wallace reveals Putin warplane fired a MISSILE near RAF patrol above the Black Sea
BBC News 20 APR 2023
A Russian Su-27 jet shadowing an RAF RC-135 spy plane over the Black Sea 'released a missile... in the vicinity' of the British plane, it has been revealed
Two Russian Su-27 fighter jets were following the British plane when one suffered a 'technical malfunction' and fired a missile, Ben Wallace said (file image). Defence Secretary also said one jet went within 15 feet of a Nato aircraft
An RAF RC-135 Rivet Joint spy plane had been flying over international waters near Crimea at the time of the incident last month
Two Russian Su-27 fighters 'interacted' with British spy plane over Black Sea
One jet went within 15 feet of Nato aircraft, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said
Fighter fired a missile 'in the vicinity' of a British spy plane above Black Sea
Sergei Shoigu, Putin's defence minister, blamed 'malfunction' for the incident
Near-miss will do little to calm nerves that Ukraine war could spiral into WW3
Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has accused Russia of using its jets 'recklessly' after one of Putin's fighters went within 15 feet of a Nato aircraft.
Mr Wallace also revealed that a fighter jet accidentally fired a missile 'in the vicinity' of an RAF patrol above the Black Sea.
Detailing what happened between the Russian fighter and the UK plane, Mr Wallace said: 'I would also like to share with the House details of a recent incident which occurred in international airspace over the Black Sea.
'On September 29 an unarmed RAF RC-135 Rivet Joint, a civilian-style aircraft on routine patrol over the Black Sea was interacted with by two Russian armed Su-27 fighter aircraft.
'It is not unusual for aircraft to be shadowed and this day was no different.
'During that interaction however, it transpired that one of the Su-27 aircraft released a missile in the vicinity of the RAF Rivet Joint beyond visual range.
'The total time of the interaction between the Russian aircraft and the Rivet Joint was approximately 90 minutes.
'The patrol completed and the aircraft returned to base.'
Speaking to the Commons, he said Russia was using its fighters in a 'reckless' and 'unnecessary' way, which includes flying 'very, very' close to Nato aircraft.
'In one event I was aware of, a Russian fighter went within 15 feet of a Nato aircraft,' he said.
Mr Wallace said two Russian Su-27 fighters had 'interacted' with an RAF RC-135 Rivet Joint spy plane on patrol above international waters to the south of Crimea on September 29 when one of them 'released a missile'.
Sergei Shoigu, the Russian defence minister, blamed the incident on a technical malfunction and Britain does not believe it was a deliberate attempt to escalate, Mr Wallace added.
But it will do little to ease fears that the war in Ukraine could spiral into World War Three.
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