US strategic bombers in August and September conducted simulated nuclear attacks on military targets in southern Russia, while the aircraft flew very close to the Russian border. This was announced by the Chief of the Main Operations Directorate of the General Staff of the RF Armed Forces - First Deputy Chief of the General Staff Sergei Rudskoy. “On August 28, September 4 and September 14, US Air Force B-52H planes worked out how to use cruise missiles over the waters of the Black and Azov Seas, delivering simulated nuclear missile strikes against targets in the Southern Military District. During these flights, American planes approached the Russian border at a distance of up to 11 kilometers, ” General Rudskoy said.