South Korea said on Tuesday, August 23, that Russian military aircraft entered its air buffer zone without notification, reports Ap.
The United Committee of the Chiefs of Staff of South Korea said that this step is aimed at preventing random clashes along the air defense identification zone, but did not provide any more details.
The military of South Korea did not confirm the Russian media report that they raised F-16 fighters in response to two Russian Tu-95 bomber, accompanied by Su-30 fighter, flying over the waters between the Korean Peninsula and Japan.
It is noteworthy that the incident occurred a day after South Korea and the United States began their largest joint military exercises in response to the nuclear threat of North Korea.