American and British reconnaissance aircraft flew from England toward Russia, approaching the country from two sides on the same day, according to flight data.
A Newsweek map shows the planes’ route amid tensions between NATO and Moscow.
On Monday, the Boeing Royal Air Force (RAF) aircraft RC-135W flew from its base in the U.K. and circled off the coast of the Russian city of Murmansk before heading back.
It happened the same day as the U.S. Air Force (USAF) aircraft RC-135V left a different U.K. base and circled the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad that borders NATO’s eastern flank members, Lithuania and Poland. There is no suggestion that Russian airspace was breached. Läs artikel