VIDEO: How a Russian Su-27 Fighter 'Hunts' an American Bomber

A Russian-made Su-27 fighter jet has 'hunted' down a Boeing B-52 Stratofortress bomber from the United States Air Force near the borders of Russia. Footage of the incident has been released by the Russian Ministry of Defense on their YouTube channel.

The video taken from the cockpit of the fighter jet shows how the Russian aircraft approaches and escorts the American plane.

The Russian Ministry of Defense stated that no violations of state borders were recorded, and that the Russian aircraft operated in accordance with international airspace usage requirements.