"Two long-range bombers Tu-22M3 of the Aerospace Forces completed a planned flight in airspace over the neutral waters of the Black Sea. At some stages of the route, long-range aircraft were accompanied by fighters of the Southern Military District," the statement says.
During the flight, which lasted over five hours, the long-range bombers flew about 4,500 kilometers (2,800 miles), it said.
Long-range aircraft regularly fly over the neutral waters of the Arctic, North Atlantic, Pacific oceans, as well as over Black and Baltic seas.
