Russian warplanes to exercise in Greek airspace

Greek defence officials granted permission to the Russian navy for its aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov to use Athens-controlled airspace for "training missions" over the course of the next week.

The war games will take place south of the Greek islands of Rhodes and Crete.

Greek officials said that their military would have no involvement in the training, but that the Russian navy would be using airspace controlled by Athens air traffic controllers.

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