Ukraine said it had shot down a Russian supersonic Tu-22M3 plane.
Here's everything you need to know about the Tu-22M3 and how Ukraine says it shot it down.
AdvertisementUkrainian intelligence said on Friday that it had shot down a feared Russian Tu-22M3 bomber plane for the first time as it launched a combat mission on Ukraine.
AdvertisementTupolev describes the Tu-22M aircraft series as a "conventionally designed aircraft with a variable-swept low wing."
A weeklong ambushImage appearing to show the Tu-22M3 aircraft after crashing.
Persons:
—, Vladimir Vladimirov Kyrylo Budanov, HUR, WarTranslated, Dmitri
Organizations:
Service, NATO, Tupolev, Defence Intelligence, Ukraine, BBC, Main Directorate of Intelligence, British Ministry of Defence, Russian Air Force
Locations:
Ukraine, Russian, Soviet, BBC Ukraine, Russia