Ukrainians shot down a Russian Tu-22M3 bomber [FILM]

Ukrainians shot down a Russian Tu-22M3 bomber [FILM]

• Friday, April 19 (07:30)
  Update: Friday, April 19 (10:51)

  Ukrainian forces destroyed a Russian Tu-22M3 long-range strategic bomber, said the commander of the Ukrainian Air Force, General Mykola Oleschuk. Russia uses such planes to attack Ukraine. One member of the bomber’s crew died, said the governor of the Stavropol Krai, Vladimir Vladimirov.

  Tu-22M3 in the illustrative photo. /Shutterstock

  The bomber was shot down in the morning while returning to the airport after completing a combat mission. According to information provided by the Russian Ministry of Defense, four pilots of the bomber ejected. “In the Krasnohvardei district (district), the plane crashed in a field. According to operational data, there was no damage or casualties, the pilots ejected,” the governor of the Stavropol Krai, Vladimir Vladimirov, initially said on Telegram.

  However, then the politician provided new information on this matter. “One of the pilots is dead, two are in hospital, the search for the fourth is ongoing,” he said.

  Telegram

  The commander of the Ukrainian Air Force, General Mykola Oleschuk, clarified that it was the Ukrainian forces that destroyed the bomber. “For the first time, air force anti-aircraft missile units, in cooperation with Ukrainian military intelligence, destroyed the Tu-22M3 long-range strategic bomber, capable of carrying Kh-22 cruise missiles used by Russian terrorists to attack peaceful Ukrainian cities. Today’s attack was the first time two such missiles were destroyed missiles,” he said

  Ukrainian intelligence, in turn, described the details of the shooting down of the machine. “The enemy Tu-22M3 aircraft was shot down approximately 300 kilometers from Ukraine using the same means that previously hit the Russian A-50 long-range radar control aircraft. Due to the damage, the bomber managed to fly to the vicinity of Stavropol, where it crashed,” it was written in the message.

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  Source: RMF24

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