[HIGHLIGHTS] They approached the Russian border. Moscow announces the interception of two US strategic bombers over the Baltic Sea

The Russian Defense Ministry said on Tuesday that one of its warplanes intercepted two US bombers over the Baltic Sea. The two planes in question were U.S.

Air Force B-1B strategic bombers and "were approaching the Russian border," the ministry said.Incidents between Russian and NATO aircraft have doubled in recent years, even before the war in Ukraine began. The Russian fighter returned to its air base without any incident, the Ministry of Defense said on its Telegram account. It added that the Russianborder had not been violated.