South Korea’s military said Friday it scrambled fighter jets as five Chinese and six Russian military planes flew through its air defence zone, an area wider than the country’s airspace. Five Chinese and six Russian military aircraft entered and exited the Korea Air Defence Identification Zone in the East Sea and South Sea from 9:35 am (0035 GMT) to 1:53 pm,

Chinese and Russian military planes flew through South Korea’s air defence zone on Friday, an area wider than the national airspace over which a nation asserts its control for security reasons

Eleven Chinese and Russian military aircraft entered South Korea's air defence identification zone on Friday over a period of four hours, prompting South Korea to launch fighter jets, South Korea's military said.

Six Russian and five Chinese military aircraft entered South Korea’s air defense identification zone, leading Seoul to scramble fighter jets in response.