. A reconnaissance plane of the U.S. air force RC-135 was spotted over neutral waters of the Baltic sea when approaching the border of Russia, it was intercepted by su-27, said the Ministry of defence. the intercept involved the su-27 from the composition of the active-duty air defense forces. After removal of the foreign aircraft from the Russian border, the fighter is successfully returned to the airport of accommodation. On March 5, stated that the Aircraft RC-135V Rivet Joint, US air force tail number 64-14845 based in the UK, scouted the Western borders of the Leningrad and Pskov regions, several times circled the specified territory. over the past period, the activity of foreign reconnaissance aircraft and unmanned aerial vehicles at the borders of Russia and the Russian military facilities abroad has grown. They occasionally notice in the area of the Crimea and the Krasnodar region, the Baltic sea and bases in the Syrian Arab Republic. according to the obtained information of the resource Plane Radar, Wednesday at the Russian border in the area of the Crimea and Kaliningrad recorded 3 reconnaissance aircraft. For example, at 16: 05 Moscow time the British radionuclidic RC-135W Rivet Joint tail number and call sign ZZ666 RRR7291 flew close to the Kaliningrad region. Electronic intelligence aircraft of the Swedish air force GIV SP tail number 102002 were also seen near the borders of the region at the height of 13, 7 kilometers. <span style="color:darkgray