Two Russian bombers and two Chinese bombers entered the Korea Air Defence Identification Zone together early yesterday, the defence ministry said.A separate Russian early warning and control aircraft later twice violated South Korean airspace over Dokdo – an island that is occupied by South Korea and also claimed by Japan, which calls it Takeshima – on Monday), according to the South Korean military.
South Korea’s top security adviser Chung Eui-yong lodged a strong objection with Nikolai Patrushev, secretary of the Security Council of Russia, yesterday, asking the council to assess the incident and take appropriate action. “We take a very grave view of this situation and, if it is repeated, we will take even stronger action,” Chung said, according to South Korea’s presidential office.
South Korea’s Foreign Ministry planned to summon acting Russian deputy chief of mission Maxim Volkov and Chinese ambassador Qiu Guohong yesterday to lodge a stern protest and strongly urge them to prevent a recurrence, ministry spokesman Kim In-chul said. The Russian aircraft was an A-50 airborne early warning and control aircraft, an official at South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said, and South Korea scrambled F-15 and F-16 fighter jets in response.“The South Korean military took tactical action, including dropping flares and firing warning shots,” the defence ministry said.The Russian aircraft left South Korean airspace but then entered it again 20 minutes later, prompting the South Koreans to fire more warning shots.
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