South Korea says Russia blamed glitch for what it said was an air intrusion

A Russian A-50 military aircraft flies near the disputed islands called Takeshima in Japan and Dokdo in South Korea, in this handout picture taken by Japan Air Self-Defence Force and released by the Joint Staff Office of the Defense Ministry of Japan July 23, 2019.

After the incident, an unidentified Russian military attache in Seoul told South Korean officials that the military plane appeared to have “entered an unplanned area due to a device malfunction”, said Yoon Do-han, a press secretary at South Korea’s presidential office. South Korea’s defense ministry said that after initially admitting a possible mistake and expressing regret on Tuesday, Russian officials on Wednesday sent South Korea an official document stating that its aircraft did not violate any air space.An official at South Korea’s defense ministry told reporters on Wednesday that it believed the intrusion could not have resulted from a system error.

While troops and naval ships from Russia and China have taken part in joint war games before, they have not conducted such air patrols in the Asia-Pacific region together before, according to Russia’s Ministry of Defence.

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