The military discovered about 2.9 thousand combat and more than 1.1 thousand reconnaissance aircraft, which were approaching the Russian borders in 2020. This was reported by RIA Novosti citing the Ministry of Defense.
It is noted that more than six thousand servicemen are on combat duty of radio engineering troops every day. Specialists take part in checks of the duty forces using control objectives.
“Despite the restrictions associated with the pandemic, in 2020, more than 100 tactical exercises and special tactical exercises with radio engineering units and units of the Aerospace Forces were conducted in the radio engineering forces,” the ministry noted.
Earlier it was reported that the number of interceptions at the Russian border has increased over the past month. On December 8, a Su-30 fighter flew to intercept two US Air Force (Air Force) aircraft and one French Air Force aircraft over the Black Sea. The reconnaissance vessels NATO were detected by Russian airspace control.