Ukraine seizes major Russian town & nuke bomber CRASHES in double blow to Putin

Ukraine seizes major Russian town & nuke bomber CRASHES in double blow to Putin
Vladimir Putin's humiliation over the Ukraine blitz has intensified with the biggest Russian town captured since World War Two falling to Kyiv's forces.

The hugely strategic Sudzha is now in the hands of Ukrainian troops, President Volodymyr Zelensky says.

Sudzha is a pivotal town due to the amount of Russian gas flowing through it.

Zelensky declared a military commanders office was now being established there as the rampage into Russia continues.

The Kursk town had a prewar population of 5,000, which would make it Ukraine's biggest triumph in Russia so far.

It would also be the largest Russian town takeover since Nazi Germany invaded the country in the Second World War.

In a second blow to Putin his $40 million nuclear-capable Tu-22 bomber jet crashed in Siberia today.

The valuable Russian aircraft came down in a fiery blaze after takeoff, marking another embarrassment for Vlad as Ukraine continues its successful invasion of Russia.

Witnesses said the Tu-22M3 nuclear bomber - planes used by Putin as a key part of his nuclear arsenal - broke apart in the sky before crashing amid fierce explosions.

Dramatic footage showed the moment an enormous fireball filled the sky as the aircraft came down.

The crew of four ejected safely before the high-tech plane hit the ground and exploded in Irkutsk, Siberia, according to reports.

The plane crashed near the Cheryomkhovsky district of the Irkutsk region, some 3,300 miles east of Moscow.
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