Russian Military Aircraft Enter KADIZ, S. Korean Fighter Jets Deployed for Response

Several Russian military aircraft briefly entered South Korea's air defense identification zone (KADIZ) on Tuesday, prompting the South Korean military to deploy fighter jets in response. According to the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Russian aircraft entered the KADIZ near South Korea's easternmost islets of Dokdo and nearby Ulleung Island, before retreating from the air defense zone.

The South Korean military detected the Russian aircraft before they entered the air defense zone and deployed Air Force fighter jets to prepare for any possible contingencies. The aircraft did not violate South Korea's airspace. The KADIZ is not territorial airspace but is delineated to call on foreign planes to identify themselves to prevent accidental clashes.

This incident marked the latest such occurrence, following a similar event in late June when nearly 10 Chinese and Russian military aircraft briefly entered and left the KADIZ above South Korea's eastern and southern waters. The defense ministry had lodged a strong protest with China and Russia over the unauthorized entry at that time, Yonhap News reported.

Brief written by urgent.news from KBS World Radio, The Korea Times, Yonhap News — 3 reports on this story. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.