{"id":58308,"date":"2019-07-25T00:27:15","date_gmt":"2019-07-25T00:27:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/07\/25\/russia-wants-probe-on-alleged-south-korea-airspace-violation\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T10:34:34","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T10:34:34","slug":"russia-wants-probe-on-alleged-south-korea-airspace-violation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/flashpoints\/2019\/07\/25\/russia-wants-probe-on-alleged-south-korea-airspace-violation\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia wants probe on alleged South Korea airspace violation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SEOUL, South Korea \u2014 Russia wants an investigation into South Korea\u2019s allegation that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2019\/07\/23\/south-korea-fires-warning-shots-at-russia-warplanes\/\" target=\"_blank\">a Russian military plane violated South Korean airspace<\/a>, a senior lawmaker said Wednesday, citing Moscow\u2019s acting ambassador. The U.S. called for close consultation between Washington and Seoul to deal with similar incidents in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Seoul said South Korean fighter jets fired flares and 360 rounds of warning shots to drive away the Russian reconnaissance plane that entered its airspace twice Tuesday during a joint patrol with other Russian and Chinese bombers. Russia and China said none of their planes entered South Korean territory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">South Korea&#8217;s Defense Ministry said it will hold talks with officials from the Russian Embassy on Thursday and that it has evidence that can prove Russia&#8217;s territorial trespassing. Senior South Korean presidential official Yoon Do-han later said the evidence includes radar images and photos of the flare firing.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/2019\/07\/24\/north-korea-fires-2-unidentified-projectiles-into-sea-south-korean-military-says\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"184\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19206014903797.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">North Korea fires new type of short-range ballistic missiles<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">North Korea fired a new type of short-range ballistic missile in two launches into the sea Thursday, South Korean officials said.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">South Korea says the incident marked the first airspace violation by a foreign military plane since the end of the 1950-53 Korean War. Seoul officials said the five Russian and Chinese planes, including the Russian reconnaissance aircraft, made a highly unusual joint entrance to South Korea&#8217;s air defense identification zone earlier Tuesday, prompting South Korean fighter jets to scramble.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Such a zone is not a country&#8217;s territorial sky and extends beyond it. It is meant to give authorities an early warning of a possible incursion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some experts in South Korea say Russia and China may have wanted to see how decades-long trilateral security cooperation among South Korea, Japan and the United States would work amid escalating trade disputes between Seoul and Tokyo. The experts say China, embroiled in a separate trade war with the U.S., may have also attempted to display its military cooperation with Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">China&#8217;s Defense Ministry said Wednesday that China and Russia carried out their first joint air patrol in Northeast Asia that &#8220;does not target any third party.&#8221; Spokesman Wu Qian said in Beijing the two countries each sent two bombers for the patrols along established air routes and that they &#8220;didn&#8217;t enter the territorial airspace of other countries.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a message to South Korea on Wednesday, Russia repeated its position that none of its planes violated South Korean territory and that South Korean fighter jets threatened its planes with &#8220;unprofessional maneuvers,&#8221; according to Seoul&#8217;s Defense Ministry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier Wednesday, Yoon, the presidential official, said Russia&#8217;s deputy military attache in South Korea, Nikolai Marchenko, told Seoul on Tuesday that a technical malfunction may have caused the incident. The comments triggered media questions about whether Russia admitted to the airspace violation. But after receiving Russia&#8217;s new message later in the day, Yoon said he thinks Russia&#8217;s position has changed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Russian Embassy in Seoul wasn&#8217;t available to comment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Also Wednesday, Russia&#8217;s acting ambassador to South Korea, Maxim Volkov, told Yoon Sang-hyun, chairman of the South Korean parliament&#8217;s Foreign Affairs Committee, that Russia feels &#8220;regrettable&#8221; over the incident, according to Yoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yoon cited Volkov as saying Russia thinks an investigation was necessary and has requested related South Korean information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Volkov told reporters he had explained to Yoon Russia&#8217;s position on the incident but declined to provide the contents of their conversation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"812\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19205220396211.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton, left, talks with South Korean National Security Adviser Chung Eui-yong during a meeting at the presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, July 24, 2019.\" class=\"wp-image-96717\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19205220396211.jpg.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19205220396211.jpg.jpg?resize=300,203 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19205220396211.jpg.jpg?resize=768,520 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19205220396211.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,693 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton, left, talks with South Korean National Security Adviser Chung Eui-yong during a meeting at the presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, July 24, 2019. (South Korea Presidential Blue House\/Yonhap via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Also Wednesday, South Korea&#8217;s presidential national security director, Chung Eui-yong, discussed the issue with visiting U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton. Chung told Bolton about South Korea&#8217;s &#8220;resolute&#8221; response to the Russian airspace violation, and Bolton proposed that the allies closely coordinate over similar future incidents, South Korea&#8217;s presidential office said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Russia says two of its bombers were on a routine flight over neutral waters. Russia&#8217;s Defense Ministry also denied Tuesday that South Korean jets fired warning shots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The South Korean foreign and defense ministries on Tuesday summoned Volkov and Marchenko to register their complaints. They also summoned China&#8217;s ambassador and the defense attache to protest Beijing&#8217;s overflight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The airspace that South Korea says the Russian reconnaissance plane entered is above a group of islets controlled by South Korea but also claimed by Japan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Japan subsequently protested both Russian and South Korean actions, according to Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga. He said in Tokyo that the latest incident doesn&#8217;t affect Japan&#8217;s position that Seoul must first take steps toward resolving separate trade disputes between the two countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">South Korea&#8217;s Defense Ministry refuted the Japanese statement, saying Wednesday that Seoul will sternly deal with any foreign intrusion on the islets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a separate statement, the ministry said Defense Minister Jeong Kyeong-doo and Bolton agreed to cooperate to strengthen a trilateral security cooperation involving Japan and a bilateral cooperation between Seoul and Tokyo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>Associated Press writer Mari Yamaguchi in Tokyo contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russia wants an investigation into South Korea\u2019s allegation that a Russian military plane violated South Korean airspace, a senior lawmaker said Wednesday, citing Moscow\u2019s acting ambassador. 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