Japan and South Korea scramble planes to shadow Russian bombers: News agencies
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MOSCOW (REUTERS) - Japan and South Korea scrambled jets to shadow two Russian strategic bombers over the neutral waters of the Sea of Japan - also known as East Sea - and the East China Sea, Russian news agencies reported on Wednesday (Nov 27), citing Russia's Defence Ministry.
"At certain stages of the route, Tu-95MS were accompanied by a couple of F-15 and F-16 fighters (South Korean Air Force) and F-2 (Japanese Air Force)," TASS cited the ministry as saying.
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