For Russia this is the main value: why the downing of a Tu-22MZ plane is critical for the enemy

Ukrainian defenders shot down the Russian Tu-22M3 strategic bomber for the first time. But shooting down such a plane is a great achievement.

About this Channel 24said political strategist Boris Tizengauzen, noting that now, perhaps, the Russians will not use this aircraft. All because they will understand that Ukraine has a means of destruction. Let us note that the enemy plane was shot down using the S-200 system. operation. They (the occupiers – Channel 24) spare the Kh-22, but for this they have to raise strategic aviation,” the political strategist emphasized.

Serious loss

Tiesenhausen noted that the Tu-22M3, according to documents, can launch 3 X-22 missiles. However, recently 3 planes have been taking off, each carrying 1 missile. This weapon is difficult to shoot down.

This bomber is 11 meters high and 40 meters long. Previously, the Russians had 27 such aircraft that did not fail.< /p>

They were made back in the 90s. Accordingly, they aresignificantly worn out. Such aircraft are an element of the nuclear triad. They can carry X-22 missiles with a nuclear warhead.

The political strategist added that recently this is actually the second strike on an element of the nuclear triad Russia. So the first strike was on the over-the-horizon radar station 29B6 “Container” in Mordovia. Its Ukrainian UAVs attacked twice.

At one time, Ukraine had 60 Tu-22M3 aircraft. Then it transferred about two dozen such bombers to Russia. The rest were cut.

This is a very serious loss for the Russians. There is a crew of 4 people. Pilots of long-range strategic bombers are also worth their weight in gold in Russia, Tizengauzen emphasized.

“Landing” Tu-22M3: what is known

• Ukraine on April 19, for the first time during a full-scale war, shot down 2 Russian X-22 missiles and a Tu-22M3 strategic bomber. The operation was carried out by the Air Force together with the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense and other Defense Forces. An enemy plane crashed in the Stavropol region of Russia.
• According to the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Moscow Region, Kirill Budanov, the plane was hit at a distance of 308 kilometers. Ukrainian intelligence officers waited for a long time, prepared, and in the end were able to carry out such an operation. The strategic bomber was hunted for a week in ambush. We were waiting for the Tu-22M3 to reach the required line.
• Speaker of the Air Force of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Ilya Yevlash noted that the range of the X-22 missiles that the invaders launched from these aircraft covered almost the entire territory of Ukraine. Probably, now the enemy will attack the Odessa region and front-line cities less.