At the Los Angeles Times, "Russia resuming Cold War-era bomber flights close to U.S. shores":
Since the Crimea seizure and the violent clashes between Ukrainian troops and Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine spurred a tense new crisis in Russia's relations with the West, the Kremlin's air force has been conducting what European monitors see as provocative forays into and near the airspace of its neighbors.More.
On Monday, the London-based European Leadership Network reported a sharp increase in Russian air operations that have been condemned by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, including violations of other countries' airspace, narrowly missed collisions, buzzing of NATO and Ukrainian warships and mock bombing runs. Three of the 40 incidents cited in the report were said to have had a "high probability" of causing casualties or military confrontation.
NATO reported last month that the number of incidents involving Russian planes and ships that it considered provocative has tripled this year, to more than 100, including mass aerial maneuvers that posed risks to civilian air traffic in northern and eastern Europe.
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