"On September 16, 2020, the Tu-142 anti-submarine aircraft of the naval aviation of the Russian Navy performed a scheduled flight in the international airspace over the Black Sea," TASS reports.
As noted, on the route he was accompanied by Su-30SM fighters of the Black Sea Fleet.
The flight duration was about five hours, the department added.
Earlier, air patrols over the neutral waters of the Black Sea were carried out by two Russian long-range Tu-22M3 bombers.