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Once a feared weapon during the Cold War and used to terrorize Ukraine for five years, Russia's powerful fleet of Tu-22M3 bombers has been reduced to remnants due to the war, with Moscow unable to replenish them.
A Russian Tu-22M3 supersonic strategic bomber crashed in Siberia's Irkutsk region during a training flight. While smoke was visible for miles and OSINT analysts confirmed the crash, all four crew members reportedly managed to survive.
A Russian Tu-22M3 supersonic bomber plane crashed in Siberia, with witnesses describing the aircraft nosediving in flames. Videos show the bomber erupting into a cloud of thick smoke upon impact.
A Russian Tu-22M3 strategic bomber crashed in Siberia during a training flight, with its crew reportedly surviving after ejecting. The incident occurred near an airbase that was previously targeted by Ukraine.
A US B-52 and a Russian Tu-22M3 bomber, both long-serving nuclear-delivery aircraft, crashed on the same day, highlighting their continued use due to a lack of direct successors.