Tu-22M3 Bomber Crashes in Irkutsk Oblast.

June 16, 2026

By Borden Khmelnytsky

Tu-22M3 Bomber Crashes in Irkutsk Oblast. — A Tu-22M3R bomber landing at Kubinka air force base on May 18, 2015 in Kubinka, Moscow Region, Russia. (Getty Images)

YOU WON'T BELIEVE WHAT JUST HAPPENED IN RUSSIA - a Russian Tu-22M3 strategic bomber has just crashed during a training flight in Irkutsk Oblast, and the question on everyone's mind is... WAS IT DOWNED BY UKRAINE?

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