Russian President Vladimir Putin sent nuclear-capable bombers to threaten northern Britain, carrying out a long-range Christmas flight over the Norwegian Sea. NATO scrambled fighter jets, Mirror reports.
As reported, NATO was forced to scramble fighter jets to monitor the massive Russian aircraft.
Su-33 fighter jets escorted the long-range bombers during the flight, which, according to journalists, may have been a deliberate attempt to irritate the West near Santa Claus’ flight route from the North Pole.
“Tu-95MS long-range bombers of the Russian Aerospace Forces made a scheduled flight in the airspace over the neutral waters of the Barents Sea and the Norwegian Sea. The flight duration was more than seven hours,” the Russian Defense Ministry said.
The Russian ministry added that at specific points along the route, the long-range bombers were accompanied by fighter jets from foreign states, but did not specify which NATO air forces intercepted the Tu-95MS aircraft.
It is known that Russia has also used such bombers to strike Ukraine.