Russian and Chinese jets patrol together as bombers 'fly over Sea of Japan'

RUSSIAN and Chinese fighter jets conduct joint patrols together as Japan claims 'bombers flew over Sea of Japan'.

The Russia ministry of defence claimed that “There were no violations of the airspace of foreign states. Upon completion of the joint air patrol, all the aircraft involved in it returned to their base airfields."

“The air task force composed of Tu-95MS strategic missile-carrying bombers of the Russian Aerospace Forces and Hong-6K strategic bombers of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army conducted an aerial patrol over the waters of the Sea of Japan and the East China Sea,” said the ministry in a statement.

The flight of Russian strategic missile carriers lastedb about eight hours while Su-30cm and Su-35s aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces provided fighter escorts for the air group, the statement noted.

Russian aircraft landed at an airfield in the People's Republic of China and Chinese aircraft landed at an airfield in the Russian Federation for the first time in the course of joint air patrols, added the statement.