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Ukrainian sources claimed that the bomber was shot down using a surface-to-air missile, [137] with the loss of the Tu-22M3 being the second confirmed kill of a strategic bomber during the conflict. [138] On 15 August 2024, a Tu-22M3 crashed in the Irkutsk Oblast of Russia while performing a "routine flight". The preliminary cause of the crash ...
Ukraine said it shot down a Russian Tu-22M3 strategic bomber for the first time on Friday, destroying a warplane capable of carrying long-range missiles used to attack Ukrainian cities. The ...
In a first for Ukraine during the invasion, Kyiv's air force commander and military spy agency said they had shot down a Russian Tu-22M3 strategic bomber that had fired missiles at Ukraine during ...
A Mil Mi-24 helicopter was shot down by the 138th Separate Guards Motor Rifle Brigade using MANPAD near Lukashivka in Sumy Oblast. Drone footage showed the wreckage of the helicopter. [351] 17 March Mi-8: A Mil Mi-8 helicopter was shot down in Kherson Region, the Commander died, while two crewmen survived. [352] 18 March Mil Mi-8
Ukrainian armed forces claim to have used an S-200 to shoot down a Beriev A-50 in the evening of 23 February 2024 over the Sea of Azov. [79] On 19 April 2024, Ukraine claimed to have shot down a Russian Tu-22M3 long-range strategic bomber over Stavropol Krai. Ukraine claimed that the bomber was trying to return to base but crashed near Stavropol.
A Russian Tu-22M3 bomber. (Maxim Shemetov/Reuters) (REUTERS) A big wrinkle was that Tveritin would be apprised of his flight mission only a day before it was set to take place, and given his ...
25 July - An Mi-28 helicopter crashed due to a suspected technical malfunction in Zhizdrinsky District, Kaluga Oblast, killing its entire crew. [164] 27 July - A Su-34 crashed in Volgograd Oblast. The two pilots ejected safely from the aircraft. [165] 15 August - A Tu-22M3 bomber crashed in Irkutsk Oblast. The four crew ejected from the aircraft.
(Reuters) - Officers of Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) blocked an attempt by Ukraine to organise the hijack of a Russian Tu-22M3 strategic bomber, the service said on Monday.