MOSCOW, October 28. /TASS/. The Boeing P-8 Poseidon anti-submarine aircraft of a US-led coalition came dangerously close to a Russian fighter jet over the eastern Mediterranean Sea, Oleg Ignasyuk, deputy head of the Russian Center for Reconciliation of Opposing Parties in Syria (a division of the Ministry Russian Defense Minister), said on Friday.

“A Boeing P-8 Poseidon anti-submarine patrol aircraft of a coalition came dangerously close to a Su-35 aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces conducting a planned flight over the eastern part of the Mediterranean Sea,” he said, adding that the Russian pilot demonstrated a high level of professionalism. and took timely action to prevent a collision.

He also said that two pairs of coalition F-15s (twice each), a pair of F/A-18 fighter jets and an MC-12W surveillance aircraft violated Syrian airspace in the al-Tanf area , over which international air routes. run, eleven times during the day.

Apart from that, in his words, four violations of the December 9, 2019 deconfliction protocols related to the flights of unmanned aerial vehicles of the US-led coalition were reported in Syria in the last day.