The Story of Ukraine’s Heavy Bombers. How Russia uses them against Ukraine? Ty-22M3, Ty-160, Ty-95MC

[@qqwp3656]

This is a lesson that the only thing more expensive than maintaining a big weapons arsenal is - not maintaning it.

[@miki_9034]

6:55 This is a lesson that U.S should not be trusted as an ally. They forced them destroy this brilliant soviet technology and made them dependent on the west. Such a good ally.

[@arcangelsecurity]

No mention of how so many corrupt oligarchs and ministers became ultra rich off the disarmament (Fire Sale) of Ukraine defenses while the brave common people are the ones who have to suffer for this into the next generation.

[@simonbattle0001]

With great power, comes great responsibilities someone said. If a great power forces such a decision on another country with an assurance of protection, that great power is bound to that promise. In my opinion that is a debt owed to the country leveraged to follow the order of those who made the promise. Slava Ukrayini!

[@jonthinks6238]

Heroyam Slava! 🇺🇦

[@HoneySingh-vl9sn]

Zel can't hold powerful position who can't hold money house experience

[@fabianabongo6284]

Ukraine, with deception of the western co-signatories of the agreement, did not follow the terms of the agreement...neutrality. Russia did exactly what it promised if Ukraine abandoned neutrality.

[@irongron]

A correction, that Tu-22M3 at Poltava is not the last one as the host and pilot stated, there are 3 more Tu-22M's (M0, M2 & M3 variants) at the The State Aviation Museum located next to Zhulyany Airport in Kyiv. WHen I moved to Ukraine a decade ago (Ukrainian wife) I visited all these aviation museums.

[@tomfrank6794]

These aircraft would have been useless in the current conflict. They would have been shot out of the sky by Russian forces or their bases destroyed. Those are the hard facts.

[@hinz1]

Russia wanted them badly, Ukraine pissed them off, by scrapping them, because USA wanted then scrapped. Moral of the story, keep good relations with your neighbors and don't give a crap, what USA wants.

[@MCMilitaryForce]

Yes, but 8 Ukrainian Tu-160s were transferred to Russia in 1999. At least 6 of these bombers are actively used by Russia today. 575 Kh-55 cruise missiles were also transferred, which was used against Ukraine.

[@tomfrank6794]

@@MCMilitaryForce Again, just like the heavy transports destroyed at the Antonov airport in Gostomel near Kyiv, these planes never would have left the ground, if they were even in a flyable condition after 14 years. Ukraine had struggled to keep it's legacy fighter and fighter bombers in the air.

[@X-jn87ybt]

True Even the mighty USA cannot enforce air superiority over Russia even with its stealth Aircrafts.

[@pilotmanpaul]

@@MCMilitaryForce And you think those would still be flying by 2020? Hell no. The majority of Ukraine's Tu-160 fleet were already rotting and the handful of ones they got still flyable they sold to Russia since they can't maintain them in any method or way.

[@pilotmanpaul]

Those aren't Ukrainian or Russian. Its built and designed by a Soviet named Andrei Tupolev from Moscow. There all Soviet bombers lol and its not like Ukraine can maintain them. They literally sold the last Tu-160s in there arsenal since they were rotting in the yards and when the Russians came to check them, only a handful was able to fly still.

[@DominikGentener]

Thank you very much for telling this important story.

[@shivaramabharadwaja2234]

I usually support the Russians for several reasons. But i am truly sorry for the Ukrainians and what happened to them. The biggest mistake made by your leaders started with dropping the inherited nuclear weapons and delivery systems. Trusting the Americans is something that no one does. Not even Americans themselves trust the American government. Guaranteeing security is something the americans are always incapable of and to add they never keep their promises eitherways.

[@7DaysChanel_VandenReich]

There is a term "corruption" for this.

[@muithai619]

The bombers were the ussrs same as the nuclear weapons

[@teslainthehood]

7:10 I know many say Ukraine should Have kept nukes but if it had. Back then it would have been seen like a NK or Iran today. Given 🇺🇦 political standing it would have been made a target by both sides. So given those nukes up at least gained is U.S. support today.

[@jonekone3769]

The US promosed security guarantees, they should really live up to that promise!

[@speterj]

And Russia promised they wouldn’t attack.

[@Wyomingchief]

Well, unfortunately, we had a very weak president, on the national stage, when Crimea was invaded in 2014. And then we had an even weaker president when Ukraine was invaded this time. But there's a new president coming into office and this will be taken care of. But let's not forget Russia is the one that went back on their word by invading. And unfortunately because of those two weak presidents it's put us in a position where now we have to clean up what has happened. And let's not forget had we truly gone back on our word you wouldn't be still fighting this war, because Russia would have already won

[@waelfaraj6705]

It is in the interests of several countries , companies and contractors to sell weapons and ammunition both older and newer ... Moreover , weakening Russia , then Nato and their allies would have increasingly more influence globally the more Ukraine gets victorious ...

[@kolumbos]

The US promised not to expand eastward.

[@frankt.1391]

I'm ashamed of America

[@JemHadar422]

Let’s be clear, these were Soviet assets not Ukraine’s.

[@wendel6]

Oh please 🙄 Ukraine was the rightful inheritor of any military equipment on its soil!

[@pilotmanpaul]

@@wendel6 Nope. Those were all built by the Soviets, there's a reason why they sold all of there working Tu-160s to Russia. It's aircraft they can't maintain or fund to keep at a flyable state.

[@miki_9034]

6:55 What makes this ironic is, its the U.S who made them dismantle their planes & nuclear weapons. Such a true ally.

[@ThanasisMaragoudakis]

Σλαβα ουκρανια❤❤❤❤

[@Brendissimo1]

I can understand the frustration, but let's be realistic. Ukraine couldn't even pay to maintain its existing armored vehicles during the 1990s and 2000s. It mainly failed to find the foreign buyers it needed to fund domestic production for even basic products like APCs, IFVs, and MBT upgrades. Who was going to pay to maintain these bombers? Even if they had been kept in good condition, they would have been completely unsuited to the current war. Now of course it would have been great if a third nation had been willing to pay for all of them, but as things stood in reality Russia was only willing to pay for a handful anyway. The fact of the matter is these various aircraft types are are technologically complex, logistically complicated, and incredibly inexpensive to maintain. And as a nuclear deterrent delivery system, heavy truck mounted missiles would have been much more effective (in the absence of nuclear capable naval cruise missiles). I doubt these bombers could have operated out of very many airbases in Ukraine. Prime targets for a first strike.

[@operator9858]

nowadays its cruise missiles and glide bombs. both of which can outrange their counters.

[@lylewalker5681]

You don’t know you’re gonna need something right up until you REALLY do.

[@stralplane]

It was not theirs to begin with. This arsenal was part of USSR army, the nuclear weapons as well.

[@petep8828]

Wild to think that at the collapse of the ussr, Ukr had more White Swans than Ru… if only…

[@user-tv7fg7wt2d]

Moscow heavily funded the republics at the border of the USSR, especially Ukraine. The border states were the closest to NATO. It makes sense that they were heavily defended.

[@aquafire_yt6247]

Ukraine was the weapon manufacturer of the Soviet Union. Many things were designed and build there. East Germany was also one of the first to get new vehicles bc they were right at the border

[@fabianabongo6284]

What Ukraine selectively forgets is that, the Budapest memorandum also required Ukraine to be a neutral state, alongside handing over it's nuclear weapons and strategic bombers to their rightful owner, the predecessor of the Soviet Union...then security guarantees would come in. But instead, Ukraine gave up strategic weapons and abandoned neutrality. That was stupid. When you don't have strategic weapons, you become neutral, just like most of the African and Latin America is.

[@rvs173]

After gaining independence, Ukraine hastened to transfer to the Americans all the developments, all the on-board equipment with secret keys of long-range aviation, despite protests from Russia. This was a very serious violation of the preliminary agreements and jeopardized Russia's security. It is said that the SBU then interacted with the KGB (FSB) and prevented the transfer of on-board systems with all codes to the Americans. But it could have been done quietly later.

[@stevenovetsky3274]

The word 'utilize' 😓 is being incorrectly utilised in this video. I think they mean destroyed or taken apart.

[@emmettjones5165]

I picked up on that, too ...sometimes we use euphemisms like 'reclaimed' or 'recycled' when we don't want to say 'scrapped'... Native Russian and Kievan peoples are an emotional, literary, passionate but very Stoic people. They will use what seems to be an odd or cumbersome word usage, when they are really trying to conceal, or possibly reveal, emotions to a literate listener. There is much concealed sadness in these officer's stories....

[@christopherellis2663]

What kind of fools would be visiting Belarus 🇧🇾 😕

[@TrendingTicker]

Misleading....Designed and made in Russia....... by Andrei Tupolev from Kimrsky District in Russia

[@MohammadMohammadi-w1w]

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[@em..4517]

Which flag is the other one ?

[@Wyomingchief]

And I know they were proud of the aircraft they built, but let's be clear here the B1 bomber can carry 75,000 lb of bombs. Which is more than the TU-22 can carry, 27,000lb . So no, it's not the largest bomber

[@kolumbos]

Ukraine had 19 TU160 which has a payload of 110 tons,B1 ima nosivost 87 tona

[@minigunnathaniel]

What they mean was it was the largest at the time before the B1 was introduced

[@joeflippo520]

I believe even the B-52 could carry up to 70,000 lbs it was built in the 1950's

[@tx390]

Tu22 tops out at 24 tons, equal to 50,000 odd freedom units, built from the late 40s onwards... The 80s saw the tu160 which carries 45 tons, just under 100,000 freedom units... So yeah, sorry but they got this one. Also, another spoiler, the top speed of the tu160 is also 600mph faster than the B1. Credit where credit is due my man.

[@thiefsleef6752]

Those planes were never Ukraine's to begin with, they belonged to the Soviet Union AKA Russia

[@cpanbalagan]

Sad story!!

[@ilaser4064]

This would be moot if ruzzia didn't invade Ukraine in 2014, then the full invasion in 2022.... The US, UK & the RF agreed to secure Ukraines sovereignty in the Budapest memorandum in exchange for all the nukes in Ukrainian territory, most of the Black Sea fleet, etc. I wish I could do more to help Ukraine than point out facts.

[@muithai619]

Why did the invasion occur? I hate when people talk and they know nothing.

[@stralplane]

Ukraine time and again broke every deal possible bargained for their neutrality and safety. At the end they chose to be US and UK proxy. WOW who would have thought that this will be the outcome. People are so misinformed in this age of information. such an irony.

[@89imlive]

Rusky takut teknologi uni Soviet merebak ke seluruh USA dan sekutunya Jadi mereka merosakkannya Sewaktu uni Soviet pecah

[@NEUBRAND2000]

Slava Ukraine 💙 💛 ✌️ 💯 🤝 🔰 vielen dank 👍

[@jonthinks6238]

Heroyam Slava! 🇺🇦

[@hinz1]

Probably not such a smart decision to scrap them, because Uncle Sam said so....

[@BekzodDadaboyev]

Слава. Украйина 🇺🇦 🇺🇦 🇺🇦 🇺🇦 🇺🇦

[@borisb1831]

There are only 3 countries that have bomber airplanes, Ukraine would not be able to maintain a fleet even if they tried.

[@ProfessorBidoof]

"heaviest bomber in the world" hell no the US bombers carry a minimum twice that 45 tons. This man is misstaken. 4:47

[@ProfessorBidoof]

Also wrong on fastest.

[@leventeszekely8804]

Hes right its the fastest, heaviest and biggest bomber currently in service.@@ProfessorBidoof

[@timandsuzidickey9358]

wow

[@Dads-acct]

3:45 those are the weirdest looking hats. They look comical. Like something a clown would wear. Though I have seen other hats that are much worse than these that North Korea and Russia use. North Korea and Russia seem to be the leader and comical hats that they wear. 4:28 it looks like they cannot look out the window and see anything ahead of them.

[@theautumnfallen]

Just a random comment with a few random words to promote the video 👌

[@MohdAdam-oy3ut]

To fight the devil you must be an evil

[@valkrsk]

These planes never belonged to Ukraine. They were part of the USSR strategic aviation. The only recipient of the USSR nuclear arsenal is Russia.

[@a10warthog4]

Why?

[@valkrsk]

@@a10warthog4 Because Russia is the successor state of the USSR. It was Russia that took on all the obligations of the USSR.

[@gwopgetta2091]

@@a10warthog4Ukraine wanted independence.. this is what independence means .. they are lucky Russia didn’t confiscate all Soviet weapons but Russia didn’t do this because nobody ever foresaw a hostile Ukraine

[@a10warthog4]

@gwopgetta2091 Let me get this straight: Ukraine wanted independence and stability, so they surrendered their biggest weapons only for that independence to be threatened 22 years later by the country they gave the weapons to? Seems like Ukraine is not the hostile party after all.

[@Ruskipatzan907]

Womp Womp

[@CatholicCatholic-i3n]

Wow, Ukraine is going to build their own bombers.

[@gatonegro5193]

👏👏👍👍🤘🤘🫶🙏🫡🇺🇦🐈‍⬛

[@ROBO-u7e]

🤡 zelensky 🤡

[@aquafire_yt6247]

🤡putin🤡

[@GoodgameGG1.]

That planes are created,disagned and disabled,for Soviet Union?

[@arunnayak8185]

This is Russian aircraft

[@pilotmanpaul]

Soviet*

[@AustraBanderaMan]

😪

[@PardeepKumar-eh4xs]

This alsi belongs to Russians not Ukrainian

[@operator9858]

i would just like to remind folks taht the movie lord of war was actually about ukraine and not russia. think about that for a moment.

[@maxencebaudoin7889]

The real "lord of war" (Victor Bouk) is russian Shit now you us hollywood movie as justification XD

[@operator9858]

@maxencebaudoin7889 well in truth the real victor bout was not really all he was hyped up to be but there were still billions upon billions that disappeared in assets out of ukraine wasnt there? and...you do realize the president of ukraine was a comedian right? and got elected after his role in a little show called Servant of the People? lol

[@ThePunksboy]

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[@aquafire_yt6247]

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[@tomparatube6506]

Trust in ruZZia at your own peril

[@unsendasd3797]

How funny it is to watch and read your comments. You yourself destroyed the world's best strategic bombers, which cost hundreds of millions at the behest of the United States, even though you were offered to buy them. You're complaining that you've been given guarantees and they're not being fulfilled. The guarantees were given on the condition that you would be autonomous and would not build NATO bases on your territory. Do you remember when Crimea ceased to be yours and returned to the Russian Federation? So, this happened after you agreed to build a US naval base there. Do you remember how the ATO began?) When did you just start killing your own citizens and they rebelled against you?)

[@BruceJ999]

Shhh telling the truth is not allowed on this channel

[@Scriptadiaboly]

Ah, fresh ruzzian bot

[@asiimwesimon268]

If they were yours, then why don't you build more fools. Yeah, I guess you can't coz they were never yours in the first place. Just stationed in Ur country don't make em yours