[Russian strategic bombers carried out planned flights over the neutral waters of the Barents Sea and the Norwegian Sea] On September 15, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported that the Russian Aerospace Forces’ long-range aviation Tu-95MS strategic bombers carried out planned flights over the neutral waters of the Barents Sea and the Norwegian Sea, with a flight duration of about five hours. The report stated that the Russian Navy's Su-33 fighter jet crew provided fighter escort. At certain stages of the route, the Tu-95MS strategic bomber was accompanied by foreign fighter jets. The report stated that the long-range aviation crews of the Russian Aerospace Forces regularly conduct flights over the neutral waters of the Arctic Ocean, North Atlantic, Pacific, Baltic Sea and Black Sea, and all flights strictly comply with international airspace usage rules. (CCTV News)