2024-04-20 18:26 Compiled by United Daily News Zhou Chenyang/Reporting in real time
A Tupolev Tu-22M3 supersonic long-range bomber of the Russian Aerospace Forces crashed while flying over the southern border province of Stavropol on the 19th claiming a technical failure this was the first downed by the air defense force.
According to reports from the official Russian media RT and the Ukrainian Independent, immediately after the Russian military raided the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast in Ukraine that morning, a Tu-22M3 bomber crashed on its way back to the center after performing a combat mission.
Multiple videos circulating on the Internet show a Tu-22 bomber spinning in the air and falling to the ground, with flames shooting out of its tail. Stavropol Governor Vladimir Vladimirov said four crew members were on board, one dead, two ejected safely, and the last one is still missing.
The Russian Defense Ministry said the bomber is believed to have crashed due to a technical failure and was not carrying ammunition at the time. Ukrainian Air Force Commander Mykola Oleshchuk said that this is the cooperation between the Air Defense Missile Force of the Ukrainian Air Force and the General Intelligence Service of the Ministry of Defense “For the first time, a long-range strategic bomber Tu-22M3 The aircraft was a carrier of cruise missiles Kh -22, weapons used by Russian terrorists to attack peaceful cities in Ukraine.”
Ukraine’s military intelligence agency said the Tu-22M3 was shot down about 300 kilometers away from Ukraine, “using the same method previously used to shoot down the radar detection and control aircraft long range Russian A-50.” Sources revealed to Ukrainian domestic and foreign media that the Ukrainian army is using a modern version of the S-200 air defense system made by the Soviet Union.
Western media including ABC News pointed out that Russia’s and Ukraine’s claims could not be independently verified.
The photo shows a Russian Tupolev Tu-22M3 bomber in Dubrovitch, Ryazan Region, in August 2016… Ukraine Russia Russia-Ukraine Air Raid Cruise Missile Warfare
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