Moscow has dispatched several jets to monitor US bombers flying near Russia’s Far Eastern borders, just days after a similar encounter took place in the Baltic Sea.
A Russian air defense unit spotted two American B-52H strategic bombers cruising over the neutral waters of the Sea of Okhotsk. A squad of Su-30, Su-35, and MiG-31 jet fighters was immediately scrambled to “continuously” escort the US aircraft while they were present in the area, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
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