Su-35S multi-role air superiority fighter © Marina
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December 15, 1:46UTC+3
The ministry said reports about F-22
intercepting Russian jets in Syria were "just another wishful thinking"
MOSCOW, December 14. /TASS/. A Russian Su-35S multi-role air superiority fighter chased away a US F-22 stealth fighter, firing flares to impede two Russian Su-25 close air support aircraft over Syria, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Thursday.
"On December 13, two Su-25 close air support
aircraft escorted a humanitarian convoy near the city of Mayadin (on the
western bank of the Euphrates River). A US F-22 fighter approached them from
the eastern bank. By firing flares, the F-22 was creating hindrances for the
two Russian Su-25 jets. A Su-35S fighter, engaged in air escort tasks at the
height of 10,000 meters, rapidly approached the F-22 from the rear, and the US
fighter left the area," the ministry said in a statement.
The ministry said Western media reports about F-22
intercepting Russian jets in Syria were "just another wishful thinking by
certain US and UK media."
Eric Pahon, a Pentagon spokesman, earlier told TASS that
Russia’s Su-25 aircraft were "immediately" intercepted by two US F-22
jets after they crossed into the restricted airspace of the so-called
deconfliction zone on the western bank of the Euphrates River.
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