South Korea says it fired warning shot at Russian military aircraft that violated airspace
SEOUL (Reuters) - The South Korean military fired a warning shot at a Russian military aircraft that entered South Korean airspace on Tuesday, the Ministry of National Defence in Seoul said.
It was the first time a Russian military aircraft had violated South Korean airspace, a ministry official said.
South Korean fighter jets have fired warning shots at Russian military planes after they entered the country’s airspace.
The defence ministry in Seoul said multiple Russian military planes violated South Korean airspace off its east coast on Tuesday.
The ministry said it launched fighter jets and that they fired warning shots in what a military official said was the first such breach by Russian aircraft.
The ministry also said Chinese military planes also intruded into South Korea’s aerial identification zone on Tuesday.
The ministry gave no further details.
