Two long-range Tu-22M3 bombers of long-range aviation made a scheduled flight in the airspace over the neutral waters of the Baltic Sea, reports Press service of the Russian Ministry of Defense.
According to the military agency, they were accompanied by Su-35S fighter jets of the Aerospace Forces; The flight duration lasted approximately five hours.
The Ministry of Defense noted that long-range aviation teams regularly fly over neutral waters of the Arctic, North Atlantic, Black and Baltic Seas and the Pacific Ocean.
The Ministry of Defense emphasizes that all flights of Russian Aerospace Forces aircraft are carried out in full compliance with international rules on the use of airspace.
At the Ministry of Defense in August reportedIt was stated that two Tu-160 missile carriers completed their planned eight-hour flight over the Arctic waters.
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