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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 ...
In late July, Ukraine said it had struck a Russian Tu-22M3 supersonic bomber at Olenya airbase in Murmansk, a record-breaking 1,100 miles inside Russian territory.
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 ...
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.
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.