“Two long-range bombers Tu-22M3 of the Aerospace Forces completed a planned flight in airspace over the neutral waters of the Black Sea,” RIA Novosti reports the message of the defense department.

At certain stages of the route, long-range planes were accompanied by fighters of the Southern Military District.

During the flight, the aircraft covered about 4.5 thousand kilometers and were in the air for more than five hours.

Earlier it was reported that the Russian Tu-22M3 flew over the Barents and Norwegian seas.