The Tu-160M2 “White Swan,” the world’s largest and fastest strategic bomber, is a key element of Russia’s nuclear-capable air power. -Despite its Cold War origins, the modernized Tu-160M2 variant ...

Satellite imagery shows expansion at Russia's Kazan Aviation Plant but production is being hampered by sanctions.

The photos, captured by U.S. aerospace company Umbra Space, appear to confirm the destruction of at least three Tu-95MS strategic bombers and one Tu-22M3 aircraft, with an additional Tu-95MS ...

Russia has an estimated fleet of 67 strategic bombers, including 52 Tu-95s, known as Bear-H by NATO, and 15 Tu-160s, known as Blackjacks, of which about 58 are thought to be deployed, according to ...

The base is a major installation for Russia’s long-range bombers. At least three Tu-95 bombers and four Tu-22Ms appeared to be destroyed. Other aircraft at the base appear unscathed.

Satellite image, videos show several Russian bombers destroyed; Experts say several more damaged in Ukraine's June 1 attack; Drone operation was one of Ukraine's most damaging of war so far ...

The Security Service of Ukraine oversaw a drone operation on Sunday that struck dozens of Russia’s strategic bombers just ahead of planned peace talks in Istanbul. Ukrainian President Volodymyr ...

The Tupolev Tu-22M is a sweep-wing twin-engine supersonic bomber. Russia has used the heavy planes in the all-out war, which began in February 2022, to launch waves of cruise missile strikes ...

By JON GAMBRELL Satellite photos analyzed by The Associated Press on Wednesday showed seven destroyed bombers on the tarmac at a Russian air base in eastern Siberia, one of the targets Ukraine ...

Satellite photos analyzed by The Associated Press on Wednesday show seven destroyed bombers on the tarmac at a Russian air base in eastern Siberia, one of the targets Ukraine said it struck with dr… ...

For decades, long-range bombers have been part of the Soviet and Russian nuclear triad that also includes land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles and atomic-powered submarines carrying ICBMs.