The Tu-22M3 plane crashed close Irkutsk – the Russian Ministry of Defence reported on Wednesday. The origin of the disaster was to be method problems. Media reports that 1 of the device crew members was killed, while 3 others were successfully catapulted.
A Russian bomber crash occurred in Iraqi circuit Siberia. The device crashed in an undeveloped area due to technical problems said the Ministry of Defence.
Russia. Bomber crash in Siberia
The Ukrainian portal focus.ua reports that details of the disaster are not known, and this model of Kreml bombers uses, among others, in the fight against Ukraine. In turn, Interfax claims that 1 of the crew members is dead. 3 others successfully made out catapulted.
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Tu-22M3 aircraft have already been withdrawn from production. any of them most likely carried out dense bombings of Mariupola in 2022. They can drop powerful aerial bombs and besides be carriers of Kindzarz ballistic missiles.
In August 2023, head of Ukrainian military intelligence Kyrylo Budanov said Russia had assigned 27 efficient Tu-22M3 strategical bombers to the Ukrainian war.
In turn, in April 2024. The Ukrainians praised the success – shot down the first Russian Tu-22M3 bomber. It crashed on April 19 in the Stawropolski Country in Russia, just after Putin's army began an attack on the Djepropetrovsk region. The Russian Ministry of Defence never confirmed this information, claiming that the device crashed due to a failure.
Another accident involving Tu-22M3
A akin Russian Tu-22M3 disaster occurred in August 2024., besides in the Iraqi region. At the time, the Ministry of Defence of Russia besides stated that the origin of the tragedy was a method failure. The full crew of 4 managed to eject.
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The politician of the Irkutsk Oblast Igor Kobzew reported that the plane crashed during a regular flight in the village of Mikhailovka, about 120 km northeast of the city of Irkutsk.

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