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Russia says fighter jet scrambled after US bombers flew towards border Russia's defence ministry says a Russian Su-35 fighter jet was scrambled over the Baltic Sea today after two US strategic bombers flew in the direction of the Russian border - but that it returned to base after they moved away. It comes after the crash of a US drone into the Black Sea on 14 March after it was intercepted by Russian jets in what was the first known direct military encounter between Russia and the United States since Russia invaded Ukraine in February last year. "On March 20,...
