Strikes on Engels Base: Russian Tu-95 Destroyed, Government Changes Announced
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) successfully destroyed a Tu-95 strategic bomber at the Engels airbase, which had been regularly targeting Ukraine. Following these events, the Ukrainian Cabinet announced several personnel changes. President Volodymyr Zelensky emphasized that such strikes increase the cost of Russia's aggression against Ukraine.
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- Ukraine war latest: Cabinet appoints acting SBU chief as acting defense minister after day of uncertainty The Kyiv Independent
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- Russian Tu-95 bomber suffered 'critical damage' in strike on Engels air base, Zelensky says The Kyiv Independent
- Головне за п’ятницю, 17 липня: майже 230 бойових зіткнень, знищення ворожого Ту-95 в Енгельсі, атаки на об'єкти газовидобутку LB.ua
- Ukrainian combat divers destroyed Russian bomber at Crimea’s Saky airbase as it prepared to strike Euromaidan Press
- Ukraine kills bomber inside Russia. Soviet Union stopped building them decades ago — so this one is gone for good Euromaidan Press
- Ukraine reportedly strikes Russian airbase used to attack its cities, using a drone similar to the Russian Shahed Euromaidan Press
- Ukrainian drones reportedly attack Russia's Tambov Oblast, online retailer's fulfillment center set ablaze The Kyiv Independent
- Підсумки 17.7: кара за Київ і звільнення в Кабміні Korrespondent.net
- 2 Russian logistics centers, oil depot hit as Kyiv launches hundreds of drones towards Moscow The Kyiv Independent
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