Two Russian Tupolev Tu-95MS strategic missile-carrying bombers performed a scheduled flight over the neutral waters of the Sea of Japan, Russia’s Defense Ministry reported on Tuesday.

"Two Tu-95MS strategic missile-carrying bombers of long-range aviation performed a scheduled flight in the airspace over the neutral waters of the Sea of Japan. The flight lasted about ten hours. Su-30SM aircraft of the Aerospace Forces provided fighter support for the flight," the ministry said in a statement.

The Russian strategic bombers conducted their flight in strict compliance with the international rules of using the airspace, Long-Range Aviation Commander Lieutenant-General Sergey Kobylash stressed.

"Pilots of long-range aircraft regularly perform flights over the neutral waters of the Arctic, the Northern Atlantic, the Black and Baltic Seas and the Pacific Ocean," he said.