{"id":1483954,"date":"2024-08-15T23:40:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-16T03:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1483954"},"modified":"2024-08-15T23:40:00","modified_gmt":"2024-08-16T03:40:00","slug":"watch-russian-strategic-bomber-crashes-in-siberia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/watch-russian-strategic-bomber-crashes-in-siberia\/1483954\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Russian Strategic Bomber Crashes In Siberia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Watch: Russian Strategic Bomber Crashes In Siberia<\/span><\/p>\n

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Things in general haven’t been going well for Russia’s military in the month of August, especially given the still unfolding cross-border incursion in Kursk, which has also recently seen reports of fresh fighting inside Russia’s Belgorod.<\/p>\n

Thursday marked another rarity in the conflict. A Russian long-range strategic bomber has crashed over the Siberian region of\u00a0Irkutsk<\/strong> in what was described as a routine flight.<\/p>\n

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Russian state media was the first to\u00a0report<\/a>\u00a0and confirm the crash, citing military officials. “The crew ejected. Their lives are not in danger,”<\/strong> the defense ministry said. All four crew members managed to deploy their parachutes ejecting from the plane.<\/p>\n

“The plane crashed in an uninhabited area. There is no damage on the ground,” the military said, as cited in RIA Novosti news agency.<\/p>\n

Identified as a nuclear-capable Tu-22M3 bomber<\/strong>, military officials say that the crash was due to technical malfunction<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Widely circulating videos reveal that the plane caught fire while in mid-air during either a nighttime or early dark morning hours flight…<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udea8 BREAKING: A Russian Tu-22M3 strategic bomber, worth $40 million, has crashed in the Irkutsk region of Russia.<\/p>\n

The Russian Ministry of Defense has reported that the crash was caused by a technical fault. The crew is said to have ejected safely. pic.twitter.com\/Qcy6d0P40C<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Beats in Brief (@beatsinbrief) August 15, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n

Videos also showed the jet burning on the ground after it crashed:<\/p>\n

\u26a1\ufe0fA fallen \ud83c\uddf7\ud83c\uddfaRussian Tu-22M3 bomber is burning pic.twitter.com\/AR0PxWLTRD<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 \ud83e\ude96MilitaryNewsUA\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 (@front_ukrainian) August 15, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n

According to background of the\u00a0Tupolev Tu-22M supersonic aircraft<\/a>:<\/p>\n

The Tu-22M3, which has the NATO codename “Backfire,” is a “long-range supersonic missile carrier bomber,” according to its manufacturer\u00a0Tupolev’s<\/a>\u00a0website.<\/em><\/p>\n

The Soviet-era plane, made from alloys of aluminum, titanium, and magnesium, as well as “high-strength and heat-resistant steels,” made its maiden flight in 1977, with the most up-to-date version entering service in 2018.<\/em><\/p>\n

It is designed to take out sea- and ground-based targets using guided missiles and aerial bombs.<\/em><\/p>\n

More footage shows a plummeting plane which is on fire in Russia’s far east…<\/p>\n

Reports that a Russian Tu-22M3 bomber crashed in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia tonight.<\/p>\n

Footage shows a plummeting plane, on fire, hitting the ground outside of Cheremkhovo. pic.twitter.com\/yuN8aMCkca<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) August 15, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n

This incident is not the first time Russia has lost a Tu-22m bomber in the course of the Ukraine war. Back in April, Ukraine claimed to have shot one down<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

While Ukraine had said at the time its anti-missile units succeeded for the first time in shooting one down, the Kremlin countered<\/a> that it had actually crashed\u00a0as it returned to base, also citing a technical malfunction.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nThu, 08\/15\/2024 – 19:40<\/span><\/p>\n

\u200bhttps:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/military\/watch-russian-strategic-bomber-crashes-siberia<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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