South Korea fires warning shots at Russian aircraft

Ministry of national defence in Seoul, South Korea has confirmed that it’s military on Tuesday fired warning shots at a military aircraft belonging to Russia.

An official at the joint chiefs of staff told reporters, the Russian jet breached South Korean airspace twice, prompting its air force to scramble fighter jets and fire warning shots.

Russia’s defence ministry on Tuesday denied the air space violation and said South Korean pilots had not communicated with the Russian bombers.

South Korea’s foreign ministry spokesman Kim In-Chul said the ministry plans to summon acting Russian deputy chief of mission Maxim Volkov and Chinese ambassador Qiu Guohong on Tuesday to lodge a stern protest and strongly urge them to prevent a recurrence.