Moscow continues to rely on its Tu-95 and Tu-160 platforms in its offensive war against Ukraine. Ukraine’s drone barrages targeting Russian assets continue to hinder Moscow’s war objectives. Last ...

It’s the fifth Tu-22M loss since 2022. Two crashed, two were struck by drones and one was shot down. But Russia has plenty more bombers—and can keep striking Ukrainian cities.

There were around 60 of the Tu-22Ms, but the Russians lost almost 10 percent of the bomber fleet. The Tu-22M has been around since the Cold War. The airframes carry anti-ship and cruise missiles ...

Russia’s first Tupolev Tu-160M deeply modernized strategic bomber will appear in 2021 ... The share of new components in it will be 60%," he said. Bondarev said the program for the resumption ...

Russia’s Tu-160M supersonic bomber, an upgrade of the original so-called “White Swan,” mighty Soviet-era Tu-160 long-range strategic bomber, has just been given the greenlight by Moscow for ...

Tu-160 bombers traditionally get names of outstanding ... is being attended by over 160 delegations, including more than 60 heads of state and governments and also leaders of the European Union ...

A Russian Tupolev Tu-160 supersonic strategic bomber and Tupolev Tu-22M3 Backfire strategic bombers fly above the Kremlin during a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade in Moscow on May 4, ...