It is noted that at about 12:00 Moscow time, Russian airspace control devices detected "an air target approaching the Russian state border" over the neutral waters of the Pacific Ocean.
"To intercept the target, three Su-35S fighters from the air defense (air defense) forces of the Eastern Military District, which classified and consistently escorted the US Air Force B-1B strategic bomber over the Sea of Okhotsk, were lifted in turn," RIA Novosti reports. message from the National Center for Defense Management (NTSUO) of Russia.
Earlier it became known that the Russian Su-27 fighter intercepted two US Air Force reconnaissance aircraft over the Black Sea.