Ekaterina Prisyazhnyuk09:05, 04/19/24
The Russian plane was eliminated by units of the ZSU Air Force in cooperation with the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense.
Ukrainians for the first time destroyed a Russian Tu-22M3 bomber.
This was announced by the Commander of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Lieutenant General Nikolai Oleshchuk.
“For the first time, anti-aircraft missile units of the Air Force, in cooperation with the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, destroyed a long-range strategic bomber Tu-22M3,” he shared.
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Slava Ukraina, Heroyam Slava!
I’d love to know how the ZSU, or AFU, as we call them in english, managed to accomplish that. But I guess we shouldn’t he too curious. Such details are better left secret, for obvious reasons. After the war, we may learn more. 🤔
He had just got done bombing Odesa and I hope he ejected there….
That’s another $200 million gone up in smoke.
The plane was hit 300 km across the Ukrainian border inside Russia on approach to Stavropol airfield. No doubt just when the crew was celebrating the attack on Odesa.
Yeah, Militarnyi reported that, too: “The Russian Tu-22M3 bomber was shot down at a distance of about 300 kilometers from Ukraine using the same means that had previously hit the Russian A-50 airborne early warning and control aircraft,”
https://mil.in.ua/en/news/defence-intelligence-of-ukraine-tu-22m3-was-shot-down-by-ukrainian-air-defense/
So, outside the range of Patriot missiles, a S-200 strike instead. Impressive, what Ukrainian technicians accomplish with outdated Soviet-era weapons!
🇺🇦😎👍
Odesa shoot back, this time.
Defense Express reminds of another shooting down of a TU-22M, which happened under different circumstances, though:
“Indeed, Georgia in 2008 Took Down a Tu-22M3 as Well but Ukraine’s Case is Different”
https://en.defence-ua.com/events/indeed_georgia_in_2008_took_down_a_tu_22m3_as_well_but_ukraines_case_is_different-10228.html