Day: May 14, 2017

Photo: © RIA Novosti . Igor Zarembo On Tuesday, may 9, over the Black sea close to the Russian SU-27 fighter and an American reconnaissance aircraft P-8A “Poseidon”. The distance between the aircraft reduced to approximately six meters. This is with reference to the representative of the United States air force Pamela Kunze reports channel NBC. She noted that most of these approaches are safe. However, according to Kunze, six meters is too close, other meetings of the planes are usually at a greater distance. The representative of the U.S. air force said that distance is not the main criterion for assessing the possible danger. It is also worth considering the flight speed, altitude, visibility and other factors. According to Kunze, the pilot of the American “Poseidon” stated that the actions of the two crews were professional and did not pose a threat.

Photo: © RIA Novosti . Vitaliy Belousov The Russian foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that the day before had a brief conversation with the Minister of foreign Affairs of Canada Christ Freeland, which is in the second “black list” of Russia. Freeland was denied entry to Russia even before this year she became Minister. Earlier, a source in the Russian foreign Ministry explained that it does not prevent her to meet with Russian officials on the “fields” of any international forum. “We communicated yesterday for an informal dinner. We touched on the topic of Russian-canadian relations. We had a brief conversation before the start of this event”, — said the Russian Minister. “Over dinner it came out about the Ukraine, how the Ukrainian crisis has a negative impact on relations between Russia and Western countries. There was a little debate, I drew attention to the manifestations of neo-Nazism, chauvinism, which

Media: Russian fighter jet approached a US Navy aircraft over the Black sea MOSCOW, may 14 — RIA Novosti. The Fox News channel, citing an unnamed U.S. official reports that the Russian su-27 fighter flew close to the reconnaissance aircraft of the US over the Black sea. According to him, the incident occurred about 160 kilometers from Crimea Friday. According to sources, the TV channel, the Russian aircraft flew 12 metres from the American P-8 Poseidon. A similar incident was reported on 9 may. According to NBC, the Russian aircraft flew six metres from the American scout. Channel sources in the Navy said that the P-8A Poseidon executed “regular job” in international airspace. The Russian defense Ministry reported that the su-30 from the composition of the active-duty air defense forces of the southern military district was raised into the sky to intercept air targets over the waters of the Black

Japan protested to North Korea in connection with the launch of TOKYO, may 14 — RIA Novosti, Yekaterina Plyasunova. Japan, the DPRK expressed its protest in connection with the new test, presumably, ballistic missiles, said Sunday morning the General Secretary of the Japanese government, Acehide Suga. According to the Agency Kyodo, the protest was lodged through diplomatic channels in Beijing. Earlier, the Yonhap news Agency reported, citing the South Korean joint chiefs of staff that North Korea conducted on Thursday a new test, presumably a ballistic missile.

North Korea has released a rocket of unknown origin MOSCOW, may 14 — RIA Novosti. The DPRK launched a rocket of uncertain origin near the West coast, Reuters reported, citing the South Korean military. Reportedly, released the projectile could be a ballistic missile.