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The newspaper La Jornada
Monday, July 22, 2024, p. 27

Moscow. Russia said yesterday that it had sent planes to intercept two US bombers that approached the Russian border over the Barents Sea in the Arctic.

Russian aircraft crews identified the air targets as a pair of US Air Force B-52H strategic bombers.the Russian Defense Ministry posted on Telegram, specifying that MiG-29 and MiG-31 aircraft were deployed. As the Russian planes approached, the American strategic bombers moved away from the border of the Russian Federation.he added.

The ministry indicated that the flight of the Russian fighters It was carried out in strict accordance with international regulations for the use of airspace over neutral waters and in compliance with safety measures..

On the war front, the Russian army announced the conquest of two small towns in eastern Ukraine, a new advance in this area of ​​the front.

Units of the Western Group liberated the towns of Ro-zovka (Andriyevka in Ukrainian) and Peshchanoye Nizhnee (Pichchane in Ukrainian).the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

The two villages, which were sparsely populated before the large-scale Russian offensive, are located in the Luhansk and Kharkiv regions, approximately 15 kilometres from each other.

It was reported that Ukrainian troops lost around 1,700 troops in the area of ​​the military operation over the past day.

The highest number of casualties was recorded on the Russian Western Group of Troops’ line of operations, where, according to military officials, kyiv lost more than 520 soldiers during the day.

Meanwhile, Russian air defense systems shot down a Ukrainian Mi-8 military helicopter and 40 drones, as well as two French-made Hammer guided bombs and two Himars missiles.