SBU hits Tu-95MS in Russia’s Engels, a bomber type used against Ukraine
Members of the Alpha unit of Ukraine’s SBU Security Service struck a Tu-95MS missile-carrying bomber in the Russian city of Engels in Saratov Oblast on Aug. 28, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.
On August 28, Ukraine's Security Service SBU announced that members of its Alpha unit had successfully targeted a Tu-95MS bomber in the Russian city of Engels. The president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, confirmed that aircraft of this type have been used to launch missile strikes against Ukraine. Zelenskyy also reported that an oil refinery in Yaroslavl, located 1,000 kilometers from Ukraine's border, had been struck.
These actions were portrayed as "just responses to Russia's war in the Black Sea." The Tu-95MS is a Soviet strategic missile-carrying bomber that has, since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion, been utilized to launch Kh-55 and Kh-101 cruise missiles at Ukraine. The upgraded Tu-95MSM boasts the capability to carry 18 missiles.
Prior to this, explosions were reported in Engels, with monitoring channels documenting an attack on a base where Russia stations strategic bombers used for striking Ukraine. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine also confirmed the strike on the Yaroslavl oil refinery, one of the aggressor nation's largest refineries.
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