Ukraine’s Protection Intelligence Directorate (GUR) revealed particulars of the operation that led to the profitable interception of a Russian Tu-22M3 bomber, which launched Kh-22 missiles towards Ukraine.
In a joint operation with the Air Power, Ukrainian forces shot down one of many Tu-22M3 bombers engaged in a missile assault on Ukraine through the night time of April nineteenth.
The downed enemy plane, which hit roughly 300 kilometers from Ukraine, met the identical destiny because the beforehand focused Russian A-50 Mainstay airborne early warning and management (AEW&C) jet. Regardless of the influence, the bomber managed to fly in the direction of the Stavropol area earlier than crashing.
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This marks the primary profitable elimination of a Russian long-range bomber throughout an energetic sortie amid Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Beforehand, Ukrainian forces had destroyed a Tu-22M3 utilizing suicide drones whereas the bomber was stationed at its personal airbase.
Because of the Russian strike, 2 individuals had been killed in Dnipro, 6 individuals had been killed in Synelnykove, together with two youngsters, and 29 residents of the area had been injured. Later, it turned identified that one other youngster died within the hospital.