Russia's first supersonic heavyweight
The famous plane Tupolev Tu-22M (Wiki) joined in 1972 and is as Elk The oversized Soviet plane is a bit of a monstrosity with wings and more thrust than it can handle. And that's still the case and was until yesterday – besides a little Ground accidents And a Ukrainian drone on the parking lot – never before had it fallen from the sky in such an unprecedented disaster.
Now it is, and at the top you can see it's going vertically in the wrong direction. Ukraine claims They shot the plane out of the sky and shared the alleged photos below of the AA command center of the action: “For the first time, anti-aircraft missile units of the (Ukrainian) Air Force, in cooperation with the Main Directorate of Ukrainian Intelligence, Destruction of a Tu-22M3 aircraft Long-range strategic bomber – Kh-22 cruise missile carrier, used by Russian terrorists to attack peaceful Ukrainian cities.“
However, the plane fell over the Stavropol region in southwestern Russia, about 550 kilometers (!) from the Ukrainian front line, and this makes a Ukrainian interception possible. Very unlikely. This was reported by the Russian news agency TASS One pilot died The other three were taken to hospital.
More photos after the break.
