The TU-22 – used extensively in missile strikes on Ukraine – was seen burning in images shared on social media
Ukraine has destroyed a supersonic Russian jet in a drone strike, according to reports from the BBC and Ukrainian media.
The burning plane appeared to be located south of St Petersburg, the BBC reported, using visual clues and historical satellite images of the airbase.Russia’s defence ministry said on Saturday that a Ukrainian drone had targeted a military airfield in Russia’s Novgorod region, causing a fire and damaging one warplane. Ukraine has not acknowledged the strike and rarely comments on attacks on Russian territory.
“As a result of the terrorist attack on the territory of the airfield, a fire broke out in the parking lot of aircraft, which was quickly eliminated by fire fighters. One aircraft was damaged,” the ministry said in a statement. “Images posted on the social media platform Telegram showed a large fire engulfing a jet with the distinctive nose cone of the Tu-22,” the BBC reported.Citing Ukrainian intelligence, known as the GUR, it reported that the Tu-22 M3 was “destroyed” on 19 August and that two other aircraft were damaged. Two days later on 21 August, two bomber planes in Kaluga were damaged, “as a result of an attack by drones controlled by GUR saboteurs.
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