- 05 November, 2024
Foreign Affairs, Geopolitics & National Securitystrategic bombers
Ukraine says Russia used long-range bombers on Mariupol; first time in war
(Reuters) - Ukraine's defence ministry spokesman Oleksandr Motuzyanyk said on Friday that for, the first time since the start of its invasion, Russia used long-range bombers to attack the besieged…
Russia sends strategic bombers to help patrol Belarus borders
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia has sent long-range strategic Tu-22M3 bombers to join patrols of air space along the western borders of ally Belarus, the Belarusian defence ministry said on Saturday.…
Two Russian strategic bombers make flight near Alaska
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Two Russian Tu-95 strategic bombers made a scheduled, 10-hour flight over neutral waters near Alaska, the defence ministry said on Friday, a day after President Vladimir Putin…
Belarus leader says he needs Russian nuclear-capable bombers to navigate border crisis
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko said on Thursday he needed Russian nuclear-capable bombers to help him navigate a migrant crisis at the Poland-Belarus border after two Russian Tu-160…
Russia blames EU for looming migrant ‘catastrophe’, sends bombers to overfly Belarus
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia blamed the European Union on Wednesday for the migrant crisis on the border between Belarus and Poland, accusing it of trying to "strangle" Belarus with plans to…
Russia scrambles fighter jets to escort U.S. strategic bombers over Black Sea
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia scrambled two Sukhoi Su-30 fighter jets to escort a pair of U.S. B-1B strategic bombers over the Black Sea, Russia's defence ministry said on Wednesday, an incident…
Fighter jets sent to escort Russian strategic bombers over Baltic Sea -Ifax
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's defence ministry said on Tuesday that Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Italy and other nations scrambled fighter jets to escort two Russian Tu-160 strategic bombers as they flew…
