US Reconnaissance Aircraft Approaches Russian Borders

A Boeing RC-135U Combat Sent reconnaissance aircraft of the US Air Force has been spotted in the airspace over the Black Sea. The information regarding the flight was provided by the monitoring service of Flightradar24.

The aircraft departed from the RAF Mildenhall base in the United Kingdom and subsequently traversed the airspaces of the Netherlands, Germany, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, and Romania. The plane entered the Black Sea region near Crimea, conducted a turn, and then returned to its point of origin.

According to the data, as of 05:15 Moscow time, the aircraft was again in the vicinity of Mildenhall. There have been no official comments regarding the purpose of the flight.