Two Tu-95MS strategic missile carriers of the long-range aviation of the Air Forces completed scheduled flights over the neutral waters of the Barents, Chukchi, East Siberian seas and the Arctic Ocean during the Vostok 2018 maneuvers  .

The crews of the Tu-95MS aircraft successfully practiced the air-to-air refuelling  (AAR).

Su-35S fighter jets performed air cover of the strategic missile carriers.