Commenting on media claims that Russian bombers had severely worn-out engines, Major-General Pavel Androsov said: “The pilots and technicians’ training, as well as the condition of the aircraft, permit us to carry out our assigned tasks in full.”
Russia’s strategic bombers have carried out since August more than 70 patrol flights over the Pacific, Atlantic, and Arctic oceans, as well as the Black Sea.
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