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Japan says scrambled jets after Russian planes seen off coasts

This handout photo taken and received on May 25, 2023 from Japan's Ministry of Defense shows a Russian Ilyushin IL-20 aircraft in the air off the west coast of Japan. Japan scrambled fighter jets on May 25 after Russian
This handout photo taken and received on May 25, 2023 from Japan's Ministry of Defense shows a Russian Ilyushin IL-20 aircraft in the air off the west coast of Japan. Japan scrambled fighter jets on May 25 after Russian "intelligence-gathering" aircrafts were detected off its coasts along the Pacific Ocean and Sea of Japan, the country's Joint Staff said. (AFP)
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25 May 2023 07:05:28 GMT9
25 May 2023 07:05:28 GMT9

TOKYO: Japan scrambled fighter jets Thursday after Russian “intelligence-gathering” aircraft were detected off its coasts along the Pacific Ocean and Sea of Japan, the country’s Joint Staff said.

One Russian aircraft travelled from Japan’s north down along part of its west coast, while the other took a similar route along the opposite coast and returned the same way, the Joint Staff said in a brief statement.

“In response, fighters of the Air Self-Defense Force’s Northern Air Force and other units were scrambled,” it added.

AFP

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