The crash of the Russian Tu-22M3 bomber in the Stavropol Territory has caused a lot of speculation and disagreement between official sources in Russia and Ukraine. According to the RBC-Ukraine agency, citing a source in Ukrainian defense structures, the plane crash is the result of a successful operation by the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine. They claim that this is the first time that the Ukrainian Armed Forces managed to shoot down a strategic aircraft in the air while carrying out bombing missions over the territory of Ukraine.

However, the Russian Ministry of Defense insists that the fall was caused by a technical fault. The Tu-22M3 crashed during a scheduled flight and this information is completely refuted by the data of the Ukrainian military and the media.

It should be noted that the details of the Tu-22M3 crash have not yet been provided.