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[–] [email protected] 20 points 10 months ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Well it's international airspace and nations can fly whatever they want inside international airspace regardless of the proximity to a nation.

Russians do it to Canada and the United States often but it doesn't make much fanfare because the parties involved handle it professionally

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/russian-bombers-buzz-canadian-airspace-1.5447833

https://www.stripes.com/branches/air_force/2022-10-18/russian-bombers-alaska-american-jets-7735230.html