Tu-22M3 bomber crashes near Russian Irkutsk
Illustrative photo: Tu-22M3 ( Russian media)
A Russian Tu-22M3 bomber crashed in the Irkutsk region on Thursday, August 15, according to the pro-Russian Telegram channel TASS.
According to Russian media, the preliminary cause of the Tu-22M3 bomber crash in the Irkutsk region was a technical malfunction, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.
The plane crashed near the entrance to the village of Mikhailovka. Before the crash, the plane started to burn.
It is likely that the plane took off from the Belaya airfield in the neighboring Usolskiy district.
The fate of the crew is currently unknown.
Destruction of the Tu-22M3
Earlier, RBC-Ukraine reported that on the night of April 19, the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine jointly conducted an operation to destroy a Russian strategic bomber, the Tu-22M3.
They managed to ground it at a distance of 300 kilometers from Ukraine. The Tu-22M3 was shot down by an S-200 anti-aircraft missile system.
Find out what is known about this Tu-22M3 aircraft and the Kh-22 missiles in the material by RBC-Ukraine.
