The number of aircraft lost by the Russian Federation during the war has been calculated

Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russia has lost at least a hundred of its military aircraft, which is approximately 10 per cent of the total fleet of Russian military aircraft. This was reported by Bild, citing the UK Defence Ministry.

The publication points out that a significant success of the Ukrainians at the front was the downing of the Russian supersonic bomber Tu-22M3. Although the Russian Defence Ministry said that it "fell" due to technical reasons, the Ukrainian side claims that the aircraft was shot down by a missile.

'This is yet another success for Ukraine against the Russian air force,' Britain's Defence Ministry said in a statement.

It noted that this is the first time that a Russian strategic bomber has been shot down by Ukrainian air defence systems.

It is highly likely that Russia has already lost at least 100 aircraft," the statement said.

It should be noted that the Tu-22M3 bomber shot down by Ukraine was carrying Kh-22 cruise missiles, which the enemy uses to hit peaceful cities in Ukraine. The Tu-22MZ bomber was shot down at a distance of about 300 kilometres from Ukraine by the same means with which the Russian A-50 long-range radar detection and control aircraft was hit earlier. The aircraft managed to fly to the area of Stavropol, where it fell and crashed.

As the AFU stressed, this is the first successful destruction of a strategic bomber in the air during a combat sortie during Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

According to British intelligence, the Tu-22M3 strategic bomber missile carrier was shot down by a Ukrainian S-200 missile; earlier, an A-50 reconnaissance aircraft was hit by a similar weapon over the Sea of Azov.