Russian jet escorts three French airforce planes over Black Sea - Ifx

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia on Wednesday scrambled a Sukhoi Su-27 fighter jet to escort three French airforce planes over the Black Sea, Russia's Defence Ministry was cited by Interfax news agency as saying.

The French planes included two fighter jets and a refuelling aircraft, it said.

(Reporting by Vladimir Soldatkin; writing by Tom Balmforth; Editing by Catherine Evans)