Details of the special operation to shoot down the Russian Tu-22M3 bomber were revealed by the Main Intelligence Directorate.
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The Ukrainian military had to sit in ambush for a week and wait for the enemy missile carrier to reach the required line to defeat it. The plane was shot down at a distance of 308 km and used the same means that destroyed the Russian A-50 long-range radar detection aircraft. The head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Kirill Budanov, stated this in a commentary to the Ukrainian Air Force.
The week was, let’s say, an “ambush” itself. We were waiting for him to reach the desired milestone,” he said.
Budanov added that the invaders still have such aircraft, but due to the successful actions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces there will be fewer of them. I noticed that Russian Kh-22 missiles launching Tu-22M3 caused more destruction to Ukrainian cities. These munitions caused more destruction to Odessa.
The head of the Main Intelligence Directorate suggested that now the enemy will have to find new lines for launching the X-22, and to launch missiles at Odessa they will be able to use only ground-based systems, as well as missiles from long-range aviation and the sea.
Let us recall that on April 19, the Ukrainian military hit a Russian strategic bomber Tu-22M3, from which the invaders were shelling Ukraine. The missile carrier was destroyed by anti-aircraft missile units of the Air Force of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in cooperation with the Main Intelligence Directorate. An enemy plane crashed in the Stavropol region of Russia.
The Main Intelligence Directorate stated that the Tu-22MZ was shot down at a distance of about 300 km from Ukraine using the same means that had previously hit the Russian A-50 long-range radar detection and control aircraft.
Source: Air Force Ukraine
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