Defence Intelligence of Ukraine and the Air Force downed a Russian Tu-22M3 strategic bomber approximately 300 kilometers from Ukraine using a long-range S-200 anti-aircraft missile system.

A Russian Tu-22M3 aircraft has been successfully downed at a distance of about 300 kilometres away from Ukraine by the same asset that had previously hit a Russian A-50 long-range radar detection aircraft, using a long-range S-200 anti-aircraft missile system.

Ukraine shot down a Russian Tu-22M3 bomber for the first time using Soviet-era S-200 anti-air system

On the morning of April 19, 2024, the Russian Tu-22M3 supersonic strategic bomber, carrying Kh-22 and Kh-32 missiles, became the prey of the Ukrainian Air Force and the HUR. Ukraine claims that the dated Soviet S-200 anti-aircraft unit was used.

GUR used S-200 to shoot down Tu-22M3 over Stavropol Krai

Ukrainian forces shot down a Russian Tu-22M3 bomber over the Stavropol region using modified anti-aircraft methods similar to those used to shoot down an A-50 aircraft.

The operation was conducted by the Air Force in cooperation with DIU.