“Two long-range Tu-22M3 bombers ... performed a planned flight over the neutral waters of the Black Sea. During the flight, the aircraft crews covered about 4.5 thousand kilometers and were in the air for more than five hours, "RIA Novosti quotes the message of the Russian Ministry of Defense.

It is noted that at certain stages of the route, long-range aviation aircraft accompanied the MiG-21 aircraft of the Romanian Air Force.

On the eve of the air defense forces of the Black Sea and Baltic fleets, the P-8A Poseidon and U-2S aircraft of the US Navy, found over the Black Sea, as well as the P-3C Orion of the German Air Force, which flew over the Baltic Sea, were escorted.