Screen grab from Ukraine's Defense Intelligence Directorate (GUR) Telegram
- Ukraine claims to have shot down a Russian Tu-22M3 supersonic bomber in war first.
- The aircraft was hit in Russia's Stavropol region.
- The bomber was on its way to attack Ukraine, said the air forces.
Ukraine has shot down a Russian Tu-22M3 supersonic bomber for the first time since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Kyiv's military intelligence said.
In a statement released early Friday, the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine (GUR) said it had taken out one of the strategic long-range bombers that had "launched a missile attack against Ukraine on the night of April 19."