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In an announcement made by the country’s official news agency, TASS, the Russian defence ministry said a SU-27 fighter jet had made the interception. The defence ministry said a US surveillance plane was identified flying close to the Russian border.

The ministry said the aircraft – identified as a P-8 Poseidon – then veered away from Russian airspace.  

It added no permission had been given for the path of the plane on Monday.

A Su-27 twin engine fighter aircraft can travel at twice the speed of sound and reach up to 1,553mph (2,500kph).

The jet is equipped with an advanced infrared search and track system with the capacity to immediately detect up to ten targets within a radius of 100km.

The aircraft can also hold a 30mm GSh-301 gun with 150 rounds of ammunition and a range of missiles, rockets and bombs.

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