Uncommon pictures from the cockpit of Nato planes has printed extraordinarily shut encounters with Russian army airplane over Ecu skies.
The day by day occurrences have added to the stress between Russia and Nato.
Members of the family have deteriorated since Moscow invaded Ukraine in February, and there are fears that one mistake within the air may just result in a perilous escalation.
Reporting by way of Nafiseh Kohnavard
Filming by way of Aaron Hollett
Generating by way of Aine Gallagher