OREANDA-NEWS. The fighters Su-30, Su-35 and MiG-31 of the Eastern Military District of Russia were raised into the air to intercept the bombers B-52H of the US Air Force over the Sea of ​​Okhotsk.

This was reported on June 19 by the National Center for Defense Management of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. “On June 19, 2020, two B-52H bombers of the US Air Force were discovered and escorted by the air defense duty forces of the Eastern Military District over the neutral waters of the Sea of ​​Okhotsk. At a considerable distance from the state border of the Russian Federation, aircrafts of the US Air Force were continuously accompanied by Russian means of control,” the Center specified. It is emphasized that there was no violation of the state border of Russia.

The Ministry of Defense published a video of escorting American bombers by Russian fighters.