Crashed Su-27 doesn’t have reconnaissance mission – Ivanov

Published: 21 September 2005 y., Wednesday

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov has denied Lithuanian claims of the alleged reconnaissance mission of the Su-27 jet that crashed in Lithuania.

“Lithuania doubts that the Russian plane did not trespass its skies on purpose. It thinks it was an inside operation to test [Lithuania’s] air defense system,” Ivanov said. “My only answer would be that we have lost the plane. Only an idiot can do reconnaissance this way.”

Šaltinis: Itar-Tass
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