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US aircraft intercept Russian nuclear-capable bombers near Alaska

MOSCOW

:

US fighter jets

intercepted and escorted four Russian nuclear-capable bombers during a routine flight over neutral waters near

the United States

, the RIA news agency reported on Wednesday, citing

the Russian Defence Ministry

.

Russia said the 11-hour flight, carried out by its Tupolev Tu-95MS bombers, complied with international law and that US F-22 Raptor tactical fighters had accompanied its planes during some stages of their flight.
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