{"id":1405534,"date":"2026-06-15T17:53:45","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T14:53:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/russian-tu-22m3-bomber-crashes-in-irkutsk-region\/"},"modified":"2026-06-15T17:53:45","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T14:53:45","slug":"russian-tu-22m3-bomber-crashes-in-irkutsk-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/russian-tu-22m3-bomber-crashes-in-irkutsk-region\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian Tu-22M3 bomber crashes in Irkutsk region"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\"><strong>A Tu-22M3 bomber crashed in the Irkutsk region of Russia on June 15. According to the Russian side, the accident occurred during the plane&#8217;s approach for landing after a training flight.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\"> This <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/tass_agency\/380790\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">was reported by<\/a> TASS with reference to the Russian Ministry of Defense.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 464px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-1405534-1\" width=\"464\" height=\"848\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_1006.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_1006.mp4\">https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_1006.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\"> The Russian agency stated that the crew managed to eject, and there was allegedly no damage on the ground.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\"> The Russian Defense Ministry also claims that the plane was flying without ammunition. A commission from the Main Command of the Russian Aerospace Forces has been sent to the scene to investigate the causes of the accident.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\"> According to the ASTRA Telegram channel, the bomber could have taken off from the Belaya military airfield. This facility was one of the targets of the Ukrainian special operation &#8220;Web&#8221; in 2025, during which the SBU struck Russian strategic aviation.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"isSelectedEnd\"> Belaya Airfield is located approximately 30 kilometers from the crash site.<\/p>\n<p> Also follow <strong>\u201cPryamim\u201d<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">X<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Telegram<\/a> , and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Tu-22M3 bomber crashed in the Irkutsk region of Russia on June 15. According to the Russian side, the accident occurred during the plane&#8217;s approach for landing after a training flight. This was reported by TASS with reference to the Russian Ministry of Defense. The Russian agency stated that the crew managed to eject, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":1036084,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76871,76872,76874,77303],"class_list":["post-1405534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2","category-news-feed","category-war","category-good-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1405534","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1405534"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1405534\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1036084"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1405534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1405534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}