Ukraine’s military says its forces have destroyed a Tu-22M3 strategic bomber used to attack Ukrainian cities. This comes as Russian missile strikes in the Dnipropetrovsk region are reported to have killed eight people.
Ukraine said on Friday that its air defense had brought down a Russian strategic Tu-22M3 bomber for the first time since Russia’s full-scale invasion began more than two years ago.
“For the first time, anti-aircraft missile units of the Air Force in cooperation with the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine destroyed a Tu-22M3 long-range strategic bomber, a carrier of Kh-22 cruise missiles used by Russian terrorists to attack peaceful Ukrainian cities,” Air Force Commander Mykola Oleshchuk said in a statement via Telegram messaging app.
The Russian Interfax news agency has cited the Russian Defense Ministry as reporting the crash of a Tu-22M3 bomber on Friday morning after what the ministry said was an apparent technical malfunction.
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Ukraine said on Friday that its air defense had brought down a Russian strategic Tu-22M3 bomber for the first time since Russia’s full-scale invasion began more than two years ago.
“For the first time, anti-aircraft missile units of the Air Force in cooperation with the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine destroyed a Tu-22M3 long-range strategic bomber, a carrier of Kh-22 cruise missiles used by Russian terrorists to attack peaceful Ukrainian cities,” Air Force Commander Mykola Oleshchuk said in a statement via Telegram messaging app.
The ministry said the crash occurred in Russia’s southern Stavropol region and that four pilots had ejected.
Ukraine’s Interior Ministry has meanwhile reported that large-scale Russian missile attacks on the central Dnipropetrovsk region overnight killed at least eight people and injured 21.
State-run Ukrainian railways company Ukrzaliznytsia said some of its workers had been injured, and that it had closed its Dnipro station and rerouted trains meant to pass through the city.
After the attack, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy once more called for international help in ensuring his country’s air defense.
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