The military aircraft brought down power lines as it hit the ground, leaving hundreds of locals without electricity.

This is not the first Tu-22M3 crash in Irkutsk - on August 15, 2024, another bomber of the same model went down.

IRKUTSK, April 2. /TASS/. The pilots of the Tu-22M3 plane that crashed in Russia’s Irkutsk Region are now under medical supervision, Governor Igor Kobzev told TASS. "The surviving pilots are under the ...

A Russian Tu-22M3 strategic bomber crashed in the Irkutsk region of southeastern Siberia due to a technical malfunction, local governor Igor Kobzev said on Wednesday. The plane went down during a ...

A Russian Tu-22M3 strategic bomber crashed in the Irkutsk of Siberia due to a technical malfunction, Russian news agencies reported on Wednesday. They said the aircraft went down in a deserted area, ...