Having failed to engineer an arrest in his homeland, France and the USA tried to intercept Traoré's flight to Moscow to attend the celebration of the victory against Nazi Germany. Two Russian Su-57s, presumably escorts flying at a surveillance height, zoomed in and forced the French and US fighters to withdraw.
Having failed the abduction attempt, the sore losers triggered a massive insurgency attack on Burkina Faso. Traoré had anticipated that and had planned a brilliant response. The insurgents were lured into a trap and decimated. The local forces had accomplished what the French had failed to do in six months, primarily because the insurgency was being supported by France.
On his glorious return from Moscow, Traoré was escorted by seven Russian fighters. Nobody tried to mess with them.
