MOSCOW. March 24 (Interfax) - During a snap combat readiness inspection that ended in March 21 the Eastern Military District practiced operations to strengthen the contingent based in Sakhalin, said Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu.
"Strategic bombers, escorted by fighter aircarft, flew scheduled missions over the Sea of Japan and the Sea of Okhotsk," Shoigu told President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday.