Russian cosmonauts return to earth

A Soyuz MS-27 spacecraft carrying Russian cosmonauts Sergei Ryzhikov and Alexei Zubritsky and NASA astronaut Jonathan Kim has returned to Earth, Russia's Roscosmos space agency said on Tuesday.

The spacecraft landed at 08:04 Moscow time (05:04 GMT) near the Kazakh city of Zhezkazgan.

The crew spent 245 days in orbit,. Their mission featured two spacewalks.