The interlocutor of the publication indicated that these reports contain inaccuracies and do not reflect what happened in the international airspace over the Black Sea, reports RIA Novosti.
Earlier, the Washington Post, citing secret leaked Pentagon documents, reported that a Russian Su-27 fighter “nearly shot down” a British RC-135 Rivet Joint reconnaissance plane in the Crimea region. According to the newspaper, this incident took place on September 29, 2022.