On the 23rd (local time) the Russian Defense Ministry said an Aerospace Forces Tu-160 long-range strategic bomber completed a planned flight over neutral waters of the Barents and Norwegian seas lasting about 16 hours. Crew practised aerial refuellin

2026-06-23

On the 23rd (local time) the Russian Defense Ministry said an Aerospace Forces Tu-160 long-range strategic bomber completed a planned flight over neutral waters of the Barents and Norwegian seas lasting about 16 hours. Crew practised aerial refuelling and MiG-31 fighters escorted the flight. The ministry said Russia's long-range aviation regularly conducts flights over neutral waters in the Arctic, North Atlantic, Pacific, Baltic and Black Sea and that all flights comply with international airspace rules.