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