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How a $300M Russian Tu-22 fell and why the timing matters

The fall of a Russian Tu-22M3 strategic bomber, a platform often valued in the hundreds of millions of dollars, marked a rare and symbolic blow against one of Moscow’s most important long-range strike ...
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, ...
Ukraine said it struck a Tu-22M3 bomber about 1,100 miles from its border. It would be Ukraine's deepest strike on Russian territory since the war began. The Tu-22M3 is a long-range supersonic bomber ...
Ukraine claims to have shot down a Russian Tu-22M3 supersonic bomber in war first. The aircraft was hit in Russia's Stavropol region. The bomber was on its way to attack Ukraine, said the air forces.
Ukraine is now claiming that a third Tupolev Tu-22M3 may have also been targeted on the ground following another drone strike. If this is confirmed, it would be a significant setback for the Kremlin ...
Russian pilots flying a Tu-22M3 supersonic bomber mistakenly hit a grain ship in the Black Sea having "targeted it in haste," likely while trying to evade Ukrainian air defenses, U.K. defense ...
Russian Tu-22M3 Damaged After Deploying Drag Chute, Overshooting Runway. A new video has been published of the crash of a Russian Tupolev Tu-22M3 “Backfire” on Sept. 15, 2017. The heavy bomber, said ...
Russia stepped up long range bomber patrols near NATO airspace, with Tu-22M3 bombers carrying out a more than five hour ...
Recently, the Tu-22M3 bomber has been the face of the Russian air force all over the world. Between dropping bombs over Syria to patrolling airspace over Japan, the Tu-22M3 has also been receiving a ...
New photographs have surfaced online appearing to show at least one Russian Tu-22M3 supersonic bomber aircraft in flames after Moscow blamed Kyiv for a drone attack deep in Russian territory. Images ...
Summary: Ukriane 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, ...
Accident is Third in Series of Significant Russian Military Mishaps in December. A Russian Tupolev Tu-22M3, NATO reporting name “Backfire”, twin-engine supersonic bomber crash-landed yesterday in the ...