The Kremlin had previously insisted a 'technical malfunction' was behind the incident.
fighter pilot deliberately fired missiles at a UK Royal Air Force surveillance plane in international airspace over the Black Sea last year, the BBC has reported — an incident Russia previously attributed to a " technical malfunction".Russian Su-27 fighter jet fired on the unarmed British plane
The Russian pilot released an air-to-air missile, which successfully launched but failed to lock on to its target, the BBC reports. He added that the RAF had resumed surveillance patrols over the Black Sea with fighter aircraft escorts.
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