[Regnum] Two Tu-95MS strategic missile carriers of the Russian long-range aviation carried out a scheduled patrol over the Barents Sea. This was reported on Monday, August 18, by the Russian Defense Ministry.
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“The Tu-95MS strategic missile carriers of the Russian Aerospace Forces’ long-range aviation carried out a planned flight in the airspace over the neutral waters of the Barents Sea,” the department reported.
The Defense Ministry specified that the missile carriers' flight lasted more than four hours and during it the Tu-95MS were accompanied by the crews of the Navy's Su-33 aircraft. In addition, at certain stages of the patrol, the Russian Aerospace Forces aircraft were accompanied by fighters of foreign countries.
The military department has repeatedly emphasized that all flights of Russian Aerospace Forces aircraft are conducted in strict accordance with international rules for the use of airspace.
Earlier, on June 11, the long-range supersonic Tu-22M3 missile-carrying bombers of the Russian Aerospace Forces carried out a planned flight over the neutral waters of the Baltic Sea. On some sections of the flight, the Russian Tu-22M3s, which were accompanied by Su-30SM and Su-27 fighters, were followed by military aircraft of foreign countries.
Before this, on May 20, two Tu-95MS missile carriers carried out a planned flight over the neutral waters of the Barents Sea. During the patrol, they were accompanied by Su-33 fighters.