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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 ...
Ukrainian sources claimed that the bomber was shot down using a surface-to-air missile, [136] with the loss of the Tu-22M3 being the second confirmed kill of a strategic bomber during the conflict. [137] 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 ...
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. [354] 17 March Mi-8: A Mil Mi-8 helicopter was shot down in Kherson Region, the Commander died, while two crewmen survived. [355] 18 March Mil Mi-8
[citation needed] Russia has planned modernization of 30 Tu-22M3 aircraft into the Tu-22M3M version. [1] [2] [3] On 19 April 2024, Ukraine claimed to have shot down two Kh-22/32s for the first time during the war. [4] Pictures were later released showing the Kh-32 was manufactured in 2023 and that it had suffered damage from an anti-aircraft ...
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 ...
Kyiv, which on Monday claimed to have attacked another Russian military airfield, says Russia has used the TU-22M3 to bomb targets across Ukraine with conventional munitions.
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.
In July, Ukraine said it had struck a Russian Tu-22M3 supersonic bomber at Olenya airbase in Murmansk, 1,100 miles inside Russian territory, while in May, Ukraine's Security Service said a long ...