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 ...

The Ukrainian military had been on high alert for a week before the downing of the Russian Tu-22M3 bomber, Kyrylo Budanov, Head of Ukraine's Defence Intelligence, has revealed. Source: Budanov in a ...

Summary: In late April, Ukrainian forces claimed their first strategic bomber kill, reportedly downing a Russian Tu-22M3. This significant loss marks a strategic win for Ukraine in the ongoing ...

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) on June 7 released new footage from Operation Spiderweb, Kyiv's daring mass drone strike against four Russian military airfields on June 1. The video shows the ...

Russia just lost a $300 million Tu-22 strategic bomber. The crash is a huge blow to its military power. The Ukraine war keeps ...

It was business as usual for the four-man crew of a RussianTu-22M3 Backfire bomber as it released its supersonic Kh-22 missiles towards a city in southern Ukraine, raining death and destruction from ...

Russian pilot allegedly offered $2 million and Italian citizenship to land the bomber in Ukraine. But several details don’t add up. Claims have emerged of Russia foiling a Ukrainian intelligence ...

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Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) said that it thwarted an attempt by Ukrainian intelligence to recruit a Russian pilot to hijack a Tu-22M3 supersonic strategic bomber jet. In a statement on ...

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.