Long-range supersonic Tu-22M3 bombers of the Russian Aerospace Forces performed a planned flight over the neutral waters of the Baltic Sea. This was announced today, June 11, by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
"Long-range Tu-22m3 bombers of the Russian Aerospace Forces performed a planned flight in airspace over the neutral waters of the Baltic Sea. Fighter escort was provided by the crews of Su-30SM and Su-27 aircraft of the Aerospace Forces. The duration of the flight was more than four hours. At some stages of the route, long—range bombers were accompanied by fighters from foreign countries,"the report says.
The Defense Ministry recalled that long-range aviation crews regularly fly over the neutral waters of the Arctic, North Atlantic, Pacific, Baltic and Black Seas. All flights of the Russian Aerospace Forces aircraft are carried out in strict accordance with international rules for the use of airspace.
As EADaily reported, after the operation "Web" on June 1, the Ukrainian media claimed that as a result of drone attacks, more than 40 aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces, including Tu-22M3, were destroyed. However, even the British news agency Reuters admitted that the figures were "greatly overestimated." Air bases in the Amur, Ryazan and Ivanovo regions were not affected. In the Irkutsk and Murmansk regions, the Russian Aerospace Forces lost seven Tu-95MS and four long-range Tu-22M3 bombers. Another "Bear" was damaged, but is subject to restoration.