A Tu-22M3 strategic bomber crashed in Russia's southern Stavropol region on Friday morning, the Interfax news agency cited Russia's defence ministry as saying.
Ukraine's Air Force and Defence Intelligence of Ukraine have destroyed a Russian Tu-22M3 long-range strategic bomber that carries Kh-22 cruise missiles. Source: Lieutenant General Mykola Oleshchuk, Commander of Ukraine's Air Force, on Telegram Quote: "For the first time, anti-aircraft missile units of the Air Force, in cooperation with Defence Intelligence of Ukraine, have brought down a Tu-22M3 long-range strategic bomber - a carrier of Kh-22 cruise missiles, which Russian terrorists use to hit
One of the Tu-22M3 strategic bombers which carried out a missile strike against Ukraine overnight on 19 April was downed as a result of a special operation by Defence Intelligence of Ukraine in cooperation with the country's Air Force.
Ukraine has successfully downed a Russian Tu-22M3 bomber, marking the first such loss for Russia in the Ukraine war. The Tu-22M3, used by Russia to launch Kh-22 cruise missiles into Ukraine, crashed due to an alleged "technical malfunction" according to Moscow, although it was reportedly shot down during a missile attack.