Russian bombers fly over Belarus in aerial drill

Russia sent a pair of long-range nuclear-capable bombers on Saturday on patrol over its ally Belarus amid tensions over Ukraine. The two bombers practiced interaction with the Belarusian air force and air defense assets over Belarus, which borders Ukraine to the north during a four-hour mission.

Moscow has moved troops from Siberia and the Far East to its close ally Belarus for sweeping joint drills. Russia has denied plans of attacking its neighbor Ukraine, but urged the U.S. and its allies to provide a binding pledge that they don't accept Ukraine into NATO or deploy offensive weapons and roll back the alliance deployments to Eastern Europe. Washington and NATO have rejected the demands.