Russian strategic bombers carry out scheduled flight over Barents Sea, TASS says

Two Russian TU-95M strategic bombers carried out a scheduled flight over international waters in the Barents Sea, which borders Norway, Russian state news agency TASS reported, citing the Defence Ministry.

TASS cited the ministry as saying that the planes had been escorted by flight planes belonging to an unnamed foreign country for part of the flight, which lasted more than four hours.

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