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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
Moscow, December 25 /Xinhua/ — Russian Tu-95MS strategic bombers completed a scheduled flight over the neutral waters of the Barents and Norwegian Seas, lasting more than seven hours. They were escorted by foreign fighter jets during certain stages of the flight, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
"Tu-95MS strategic missile carriers of the Russian Aerospace Forces' long-range aviation carried out a scheduled flight in the airspace over the neutral waters of the Barents and Norwegian Seas," the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement.
The report notes that fighter escort for the missile carriers was provided by crews of Su-33 aircraft of the Russian Navy.
“At certain stages of the route, the strategic missile carriers were accompanied by fighter jets from foreign countries,” the Ministry of Defense reported.
Russian long-range aviation crews regularly fly over the neutral waters of the Arctic, North Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Baltic, and Black Seas.
“All flights of Russian Aerospace Forces aircraft are carried out in strict compliance with international airspace regulations,” the Russian Defense Ministry emphasized in a statement.
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