Looming over the talks between NATO and Russia are provocative Russian warplane intercepts. These include a pair of Russian Su-24 fighter jets that buzzed within 30 feet of the USS Donald Cook in the Baltic Sea on April 11 and 12, and a Su-27 fighter jet that performed a barrel roll within 50 feet of a U.S. RC-135 spy plane April 14, The Daily Signal reports.
“It was definitely done on purpose, and with the NATO summit in mind,” co-director of foreign relations and international security programs at the Razumkov Centre Oleksiy Melnyk said of the aerial antics by the Russian …read more
Source: Razumkov Centre