Recently, Ukraine shot down a Russian missile for the first time Tu-22M3 bomber. However, the Russian Federation could have lost something more valuable than the plane itself, says military expert, reserve colonel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, military instructor pilot Roman Svitan. It’s about the team.
“For about 8 years, the team has been training, getting to know some railway tank machines “going into this aircraft so that it can fly for a certain period of time”, said it’s on the TV channel”Kyiv24“.
Svitan noted that the plane itself is very heavy. It weighs about 100-120 tons.
“Naturally, training and control flights are becoming very expensive.
Sbitie Tu-22M3
On April 19, the Commander of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Nikolai Oleshchuk said that the defenders of Ukraine for the first time during the war destroyed the Tu-22M3 strategic bomber Russian occupation forces. It is worth noting that the Russian Federation attacked Ukrainian cities with missiles again that morning.
The Central Intelligence Agency of the Ministry of Defense noted that the plane was protected for a long time. According to the head of the department, Kirill Budanov, the plane was hit at a distance of 308 km. He noted that “the same methods and methods we used when we destroyed the A-50 aircraft in the air” to destroy it.
A UNIAN source in the special services confirmed that the Tu-22M3 was shot down from the S-200 air defense system.
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2024-04-20 20:02:00
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