Lecorny announced the approach of the Su-35 of the Russian Aerospace Forces with a French UAV over the Mediterranean Sea

On Sunday, March 2, a Russian Su-35 fighter jet made a dangerous approach to a French Reaper drone that was conducting a reconnaissance flight over international waters in the Eastern Mediterranean. This was announced on March 5 by French Minister of the Armed Forces Sebastien Lecorny on the X network (ex. Twitter).

He described these actions as "aggressive, deliberate and unacceptable."

However, the Russian Defense Ministry has repeatedly stated that all flights of the Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) are carried out in strict accordance with international rules for the use of airspace.

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Earlier, on January 30, two Tu-95MS strategic missile carriers href="https://iz.ru/1830923/2025-01-30/dva-raketonostca-tu-95ms-vypolnili-planovyi-polet-nad-okhotskim-i-iaponskimi-moriami " target="_blank">completed an eight-hour scheduled flight over the Sea of Okhotsk and the Sea of Japan. The Defense Ministry noted that long-range aviation crews regularly fly over the neutral waters of the Arctic, North Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Black and Baltic Seas.