Two Russia's Tu-160 strategic bombers conducted on Thursday a special flight along Belarus' north-western, western and south-western borders during the joint military exercise, the Russian Defense Ministry said
MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 24th September, 2020) Two Russia's Tu-160 strategic bombers conducted on Thursday a special flight along Belarus' north-western, western and south-western borders during the joint military exercise, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
"On September 24, 2020, two Russia's hypersonic long-range strategic missile carrier bombers Tu-160, launched from the Engels airbase [in Russia's Saratov region], conducted a special flight along the north-western, the western and the south-western borders of the Republic of Belarus," the Defense Ministry said in a statement, noting that the flight was conducted as part of the Russian-Belarusian drills Slavic Fraternity-2020.
The Belarusian Air Force's combat aviation provided counterair support to the Russian bombers, the ministry specified.
