Agencies, SEOULSouth Korean fighter jets yesterday fired hundreds of warning shots and Japan complained to Moscow after a Russian military aircraft entered airspace claimed by both Seoul and Tokyo. Seoul said three Russian military planes — two Tu-95 bombers and one A-50 airborne early warning and control aircraft — entered South Korea’s air defense identification zone off its east coast before the A-50 intruded in South Korean airspace. Seoul defense officials said the Russian reconnaissance aircraft left the area three minutes later, but later returned and entered its airspace again for four minutes. They fired 80 warning shots at the plane during the first breach and 280 rounds during the second, a military official said. At one point, the South Korean and Russian warplanes were just 1km apart, the official added.

Source: Taipei Times July 23, 2019 16:04 UTC