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The armed forces of the aggressor country Russia have 37 strategic bombers — Tu-95 missile carriers — remaining at their disposal. This was reported on 28 August by Defense Express, citing data from the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine (GUR of the MoD).
In response to the publication’s request, GUR named the figure 38 several days ago. Today the Special Unit "Alpha" of the Security Service of Ukraine reported the destruction of Tu-95MS at the Engels air base in Saratov region of the Russian Federation.
The remainder 37 include the MS and MSM variants, the intelligence service noted. "On paper," the Aerospace Forces of the Russian Federation have 47 such aircraft, but 10 of them cannot perform combat missions, the article says.
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