The Russian Defense Ministry said on Sunday, July 21, that it had sent fighter jets over the Barents Sea to prevent two US strategic bombers from “violating” its northern border. Over the past few months, the Kremlin has repeatedly accused Washington of provocations and warned that they could end in a “direct military confrontation.” Threats that have escalated after the United States authorized Ukraine to use NATO weapons on Russian territory, as part of its defense strategy after invading troops opened a new battle front in Kharkiv, in the northeast of the attacked country, last May.
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