Tupolev Tu-22M

SBU is conducting a large-scale special operation to destroy enemy aircraft in the rear of the Russian Federation called "Web". More than 40 aircraft have already been hit, including A-50, Tu-95 and Tu-22 M3.

40 Tu-22M3s and 11 Tu-95MSs were concentrated at the "Olenya" airfield. According to Defense Express, the Russians are transferring bombers to confuse the intelligence of the Defense Forces of Ukraine.

On the night of May 25, the Russian Federation attacked Ukraine with 367 air attack weapons. Ukrainian air defense forces shot down 45 cruise missiles and 266 enemy UAVs in various regions of the country.

In the Russian Federation, enterprises of the defense industry were attacked, including the developer of the MLRS "SPLAV", the Design Bureau of Instrument Engineering and the airfields "Shaykovka" and "Kubinka". A fiber optic systems plant in Saransk was also hit.

Ukrainian military forces destroyed a Russian Tu-22M3 long-range bomber with a drone strike immediately after it landed. The aircraft is valued at approximately $100 million.

A Tu-22M3 strategic bomber, capable of carrying Kh-22 missiles, crashed in the Irkutsk region. One pilot died, the likely cause of the accident was a technical malfunction.