Russia scrambles warplane to intercept US spy plane amid fears of imminent war in Ukraine.

Russia scrambles warplane to intercept US spy plane amid fears of imminent war in Ukraine. RUSSIA claims to have intercepted a US spy plane approaching its border, amid growing tensions between the two powers as Kremlin continues to send thousands of its troops to the Ukrainian border. Russia has intercepted a US spy plane at a time of escalating military tensions between the two powers. Earlier today, the Russian National Defence Control Centre (RNDCC) said a Russian MiG-31 fighter had escorted a US spy plane away from Russia’s borders. In chilling footage, the American plane - a RC-135 US Air Force reconnaissance aircraft - can seen from the cockpit of the Russian warplane off the coast of the Kamchatka peninsula in Russia. The Russian warplane had scrambled amid concerns that the US spy plane was about to “violate its state border“. The RDNCC said that after escorting the foreign plane from the border, the Russian fighter safely returned to its airbase.