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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 ...
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 Tupolev Tu-143 drone was shot down by Russian air defenses in Rostov, Russia. [400] [401] 22 June: Two drones launched an attack on an oil refinery in Novoshakhtinsk, Russia. One of the drones was destroyed when it struck an oil tank. [402] The footage of the attack showed a drone resembling a commercial Mugin-5 or SkyEye 5000 drone. [403] 29 ...
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. [74] 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.
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.
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.
[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 ...