. Russian su-27 was scrambled to intercept the spy plane of the US air force P-8A Poseidon over the Baltic sea, said the Ministry of defence. When exactly the incident occurred, the release was not reported. It is known that Russian air defense system spotted over neutral waters "approaching the state border of the Russian aerial target" and the military adopted an opinion on the interception. The crew of the Russian fighter approached the P-8A Poseidon at a safe distance, and then the foreign car has left, and su-27 returned to base. over the past period, the activity of foreign reconnaissance aircraft and unmanned aerial vehicles at the Russian border has increased dramatically. They were noticed as in the area of the Crimea and the Krasnodar territory, and near the Western borders of the country. for example, in early November, Russian Soldiers intercepted an American reconnaissance plane over the Black sea. In the United States then criticized the support of the su-27, calling the actions of the Russian crew unsafe, but the Ministry of defence the statement challenged. In total, according to the Ministry of defence, last year's division radar troops HQs found and escorted more than 980 thousand aerial objects. Presumably 3 thousand of them - foreign military aircraft, as well as among them more than 1,000 reconnaissance aircraft. While duty forces were set in readiness number one more than 4 thousand times. every day calculations of the radio-technical troops detect and accompany more than five thousand objects air, about 50 percent of them foreign aircraft. <span style="color:darkgray