Russian fighters intercept US bombers in the air over Okhotsk
Xinhua News Agency, Moscow, June 19 (Reporter Wu Gang) The Russian Defense Ministry said on the 19th that Russian fighter planes intercepted US bombers arriving near the Russian border in the air over the sea of Okhotsk.
According to a communiqué issued by the Russian Ministry of Defense on the 19th, a group of US military B-52H strategic bombers attempting to approach the Russian border were spotted and radar-tracked by air defense forces in the Eastern Russian Military Region on the same day. Subsequently, several Russian Su-30 fighters, Su-35 fighters, and MiG-31 fighters were dispatched to intercept and intercept the target, and finally drove them away.
The communique said that Russian warplanes prevented US military bombers from approaching the Russian border, and the flight of Russian warplanes strictly complied with relevant international laws.
The Russian Ministry of Defense stated on the 17th that Russia's four Tu-95MS strategic bombers conducted a routine cruise on the northern seas of the Arctic Ocean that day, and were accompanied by US F-22 fighter jets in some areas.