Russian Ministry of Defense scrambled a MiG-31 fighter plane after two American B-1B bombers approached the Russian border over the Barents Sea in the Arctic. The two American bombers moved away from the Russia border after the MiG - 31 fighter approached.
The Barent's Sea is a branch of the Arctic Ocean, located off the northern coasts of Norway and Russia. It was known in the Middle Ages as the Muroman Sea, but its current name comes after the Dutch navigator and explorer Willem Barent.