CORRECTION: No Tu-22M3s are confirmed to have taken off. They may be airborne, but its unclear at the moment.

It turns out that they were confused with Su-34/35s who had taken off to shoot down Ukrainian UAVs over Saratov Oblast. No bombers are airborne.

1 Tu-22M3 has just taken off from Engels-2 Airbase. This one seems to be real.

Tu-95s are now airborne from Olenya Airbase, flying south to their launch lines.

3 Tu-95s are airborne.

A second Tu-22M3 just departed from Engels-2

A third Tu-22M3 has departed from Engels-2

Possible launches of Geran-2 drones from Khalino Airbase in Kursk Oblast.

Departure of a 4th Tu-22M3 from Engels-2 Airbase

All 5 Tu-95s from Olenya are airborne.

5 Tu-95s fly southeast to Vologda Oblast. They will arrive at their second set of launch lines in Engels district of Saratov Oblast in ~1 hour 55 mins. They probably won't launch at the first set of launch lines in Penza Oblast.

4 Tu-22M3s are entering Rostov Oblast and will be at their first set of launch lines in Rostov District in ~10 minutes.

REMEMBER: Launch maneuvers can be simulated.

Possible repeated launches of Geran-2 drones from the Navlya Test Site in Bryansk Oblast. Currently there are over 120 Gerans in Ukrainian airspace.

The explosions heard in Kyiv are NOT from Geran-2 strikes. It is air defence working south of the city on Gerans transiting through the region to Khmelnytskyi Oblast.

The 4 Tu-22M3s are approaching their launch lines in Rostov Oblast.

Possible repeated launches of Geran-2 drones from the Tsumbulova Test Site in Oryol Oblast.

The Tu-22M3s flew past their launch lines in Rostov Oblast. No launch maneuvers were carried out. They have changed course to the west/southwest, and will arrive at their next and last launch lines west of Sevastopol, Crimea in ~40 mins.

Unidentified missile in Sumy Oblast

Flying to Trostyanets, Sumy Oblast

Its a cruise missile. Flying further to Okhtyrka.

Flying further to Poltava Oblast. Western course.

Over Zin'kiv, Poltava Oblast.