“If we consider the number of aircraft (Tu-22M3 bombers), it’s approximately 27 according to information from open sources capable of conducting military operations,” Khrapchynskyi said. Ukraine successfully shot down a Russian long-range bomber Tu-22M3 equipped with hard-to-intercept Kh-22 missiles on April 19 for the first time since the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Read also: Ukraine downed Russian Tu-22 bomber with makeshift anti-air systems — Budanov The Ukrainian Armed Forces together with Ukrainian military intelligence (HUR) carried out the historic elimination of a Russian T…