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таке

Which is logical, since they were the ones most actively used fro massive missile strikes on Ukraine.

I'm not well versed in MS vs MSM upgrades (and searching the internet, there are some contradicting opinions for which ones were upgraded), but all 4 of these had photos with the external pylons, so underwent at least those upgrades.

As for Izborsk (Изборск), you can see the shape of letters Б and К, and also semblance of the r/n RF-94117 on some frames (I identified this one back in June, but posting here too). Other reasons also apply.

For RF-94128 Saratov, main reason for ID is eliminating all other options, but I've also convinced myself that it's correct with a kerning thing.
The plane's name doesn't have a spacing adjustment for negative space between letters А and Т, you can see that accentuated in the video too.

Incorrect ID stemmed from this frame where r/n looks like RF-94257, but it's really RF-94259. As you can see, a lot is quite distorted here. Using RF-94129 as an example of the font used (how 9 looks); unfortunately, the latest image available for RF-94259 is before its last repaint.

I'm using @avivector.com's image here for which-is-which clarity – couldn't find the same, but without markings.

The fourth one was incorrectly considered to be "Chelyabinsk", but that doesn't fit for multiple reasons, not least because the name would be visible at this angle.

I got back to ID-ing Tu-95's destroyed in Spiderweb (01 Jun).
I'm finally very confident in the identification of the 4 on Olenya airbase. Some of these were previously identified incorrectly.

RF-94128, 10rd Саратов
RF-94117, 27rd Изборск
RF-94132, 14rd Воронеж
RF-94259, 17rd

Ці гроші не ідуть на поточку, не ідуть на дронопад, не ідуть на навчальні центри, і т.д., це на завчасно визначені з грантодавцем цілі і організми. Донатити на пж треба продовжувати як раніше.

ugh, I had to rewrite the tweet because of typo's and forgot to include the January photo this time.

Both are from the Ukrainka airbase (Amur oblast) of course (79 tbap and 182 tbap are based there)
b/n 41, RF-94186 already flew close to Japan in January 2025

Note that this photo doesn't have the blue circle b/n on the tail, so it's a new thing that was added this year

I needed to look into tu-95's, so I had a closer look to ID the two that flew close to Japan a week ago. Turns out, Japan's JSO press release PDF had better images than their twitter.
b/n 41, RF-94186 and b/n 60, RF-94202

Note an extra b/n in a blue circle on the tail. That wasn't there before.

BTW, there are also some face / last name slips in the video. There's no 100% guarantee that the pilot is wearing his own helmet, but most likely last name was Можаров

that 44 yellow / RF-77634 / 35385001007 was also filmed in january 2024 and in november 2024

One of the ru propagandist channel has posted a video, allegedly from this dead crew from summer 2024.
Even though numbers were blurred, i could ID it as Ka-52M, b/n 44 Yellow, r/n RF-77634, c/n 35385001007

There's no guarantee it was the one destroyed in Oct 2025, though.

The second screenshot above is from a court case, uid 61GV0016-01-2025-000287-67 (court case 1-104/2025, appeal 22-813/2025), if you want to look it up on the court website.

On 04 Sep 2024, while burning trash on an airfield near Novocherkassk, Rostov obl, rosguard (685th mixed aviation regiment, в/ч 3686) accidentally also burned down a fueled Mi-8 (w/ equipment on board) – fire spreaded by the wind to dry grass. Damages est. 574.23M rubles (~ $7M).

Toloka Preparing for Serial Production of TOLOKA-400 and TOLOKA-200 Underwater Drones - Militarnyi At Defense Tech Valley 2025, Militarnyi spoke with a representative of Toloka, a company that develops underwater drones.

@covertshores.bsky.social
FYI, this article about Toloka was translated into English, so I'm pinging you just in case, you might find the new information curious.

militarnyi.com/en/news/tolo...

Russians are using North Korean cluster munitions to shell Kherson. t.me/kherson_non_...

Крымский ветер 👀"Наши глаза" всё видят: самолет-амфибия Бе-12 над морем у Симеиза Самолет из состава 318-го смешанного авиационного полка. В 2022 году в полку было 5 самолетов Бе-12. Древний как сама жизнь противо...

Here's an example of one flying in July 2025
t.me/Crimeanwind/...
b/n 12 yellow, r/n RF-12007

There are multiple mentions of them being used to search for USV's.

There are 0 not based in Crimea, btw.

Yes, there are about 5-6 active ones and multiple dozens in storage. It appears that both that were hit in this video are from storage, unfortunately (this time).

Some intact photos as well.
Since the loading-into-An-124 photo lacks z-wastika, I cannot tell if it's just old or it's how those Mi-24VP's were moved from the baltic fleet airfields into Crimea and the sign was added there.

In a memorial video for the drowned crew of russian Mi-24VP "39 red" RF-34200 (that "disappeared from radars" while confronting Ukrainian USV's on 10 Apr 2024) russians made some wreck photos public, confirming the ID of the airframe.

The shittiest part of it, katsaps will just keep with the salami slicing strategy until their drones hit the logistics hubs, through which military aid comes to us from Poland.

⚠️ 3х БпЛА додатково залишили територію України у напрямку Польщі. Курс Західний.

01:18 Загальна ситуація.

⚠️ 3х БпЛА залишають Волинь у напрямку Польщі.