Beyond repair: satellite image shows destroyed Russian Tu-95MS bomber

Satellite images of the Engels-2 air base confirm the destruction of a Russian Tu-95MS strategic bomber following a strike by Ukraine's Security Service of Ukraine.

Source: Satellite analytics project AviVector on X (Twitter), as reported by European Pravda

Details: AviVector specified that the bomber was struck on the night of 15-16 July.

"The tail section of the Tu-95MS was completely destroyed and is beyond repair," the statement reads.

On a satellite image taken on 19 July at 05:10 UTC, AviVector analysts marked the damaged Tu-95MS alongside another undamaged bomber of the same type.

The two Tu-95MS bombers had been stationed at the Engels-2 air base for an extended period, where they were used for rotation, underwent maintenance and carried out training flights.

Background: President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced on 17 July that a Tu-95 strategic bomber, which Russia used for missile strikes against Ukraine, had been destroyed at the Engels military airfield in Russia's Saratov Oblast.

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