Russia conducted training flights over the neutral waters of the Chukchi Sea and the East Siberian Sea on September 15 as part of the broader Ocean-2024 drills.
Two Tu-95MS strategic missile carrier bombers were joined by Su-35 and Su-30SM fighter jets in more than 10 hours of flight exercises, which involved executing strikes with air-launched cruise missiles against simulated enemy targets.
The Ocean-2024 military exercises, which ran from September 10 to 16, are the largest since the Soviet era, comprising more than 400 warships, submarines, and auxiliary fleet support vessels.
Furthermore, it involved over 120 aircraft and helicopters from the Navy and Aerospace Forces, around 7,000 military and special equipment units, and more than 90,000 personnel, taking place in the Pacific and Arctic Oceans and the Mediterranean, Caspian, and Baltic Seas.
