On the 23rd (local time) the Russian Defence 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 airsp

On the 23rd (local time) the Russian Defence 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.