AFP
May 4, 2014

 F-15C Eagle flies next to a Russian Tupolev Tu-95MS Bear bomber during a Russian exercise / Wikimedia Commons
F-15C Eagle flies next to a Russian Tupolev Tu-95MS Bear bomber during a Russian exercise / Wikimedia Commons

Several dozen Russian planes including what appeared to be strategic bombers and fighter jets have been spotted in the sky above the Moscow-controlled peninsula of Crimea, witnesses and experts said.

According to Russian media, President Vladimir Putin is poised to visit Crimea on Friday after overseeing the main military parade on Red Square when Russia celebrates its victory over Nazi Germany in World War II.

A local aviation expert told AFP on Sunday that he had sighted a number of planes over the peninsula’s main city of Simferopol on Saturday, including supersonic heavy strategic bombers and heavy military transport aircraft.

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