Russia and China conducted another joint air patrol in the Asia-Pacific region, according to the Russian Mnioborona.
An air group of Russian Tu-95MS strategic missile carriers and Chinese Hun-6K strategic bombers flew over the waters of the Japan and East China Seas. Russian Su-30SM and Su-35S fighters provided escort for the air group.
First in the course of joint air patrols, Russian aircraft landed at an airfield in China and Chinese aircraft landed at an airfield in Russia.
At certain stages of the route, strategic missile carriers were accompanied by fighters of foreign states, while Russian and Chinese aircraft acted strictly in accordance with the provisions of international law, violations of the airspace of foreign states were not allowed, the agency said.
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