Tupolev Tupolev TU-95MS strategic bombers performed a patrol mission above the neutral waters of Japan, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced on Tuesday, without specifying the number of aircraft involved in this exercise.
The mission was carried out with Ruses Tupolev Tu-95ms Photo Shutterstock
“Tupolev TUPolev TU-95MS strategic rocket carriers made a flight in the airspace above the neutral waters of Japan”the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement posted on Telegram, accompanied by video images during the mission.
The bombers were escorted by Suhoi Su-35 fighter jets and Suhoi Su-30SM, to be shown in the military statement, which states that the mission lasted more than six hours, reports Agerpres.
“All the flights of the aircraft aircraft forces Russian are carried out with the strict observance of the international norms regarding the use of air space”he wanted to add the Russian Ministry of Defense.
The patrol mission announced on Tuesday is the second in less than 24 hours. During Monday, Russian strategic bombers performed a similar mission above the Barents sea waters.
Russian strategic aviation, which has aircraft of types of TU-160, TU-95MS and TU-22M, regularly performs patrols above the neutral waters of Arctic, North Atlantic, Black Sea, Pacific Ocean and in other areas. These flights were not interrupted by the Ukraine war.
Ukraine performed at the beginning of June a spectacular operation in which it hit Russian aerodromes located thousands of kilometers away from the Ukrainian border and where TU-95 and TU-22 bombers were stationed. According to an American balance, up to 20 planes were hit, and about ten were destroyed, without this attack significantly affected the capacity of Russian strategic aviation, diminishing it by only 10%, and the TU-160 aircraft were not affected.
