“Russian Su-27 fighters from the air force on-call defense team escorted the US Air Force B-52H bomber twice a day, flying in the airspace above the neutral waters of the Baltic Sea,” the National Defense Directorate of the Russian admitted RT.
It is noted that the fighters did not allow the approach to the state border of foreign bombers.
It is specified that since March 14, the planes of the strategic aviation of the US Air Force carried out seven flights over the Baltic Sea.
On March 21, it was reported that two Russian Su-27 fighters escorted the US strategic bomber B-52H Stratofortress over the Baltic waters.