Cold War
This supersonic Soviet bomber was designated in 1971 in the Backfire and capable of aerial refueling from a tanker. It became one of the most important intelligence debates of the cold war if it was a bomber, periphal attack or intercontinental attack. The key variable was the maximum range of the aircraft.
Tupolev claimed a radius of action for the early backfires model. The United States Defense Intelligence Agency initially estimated that the backfire would have a unrefueled combat radius of some 5000Km. But according to the CIA, the backfire would have a radius between the 3360 and 3960 km. The American intelligence community estimated that the Tu-22M wouldn't be a threat for the US, but later the US Air Fore estimated that it could be used for a one way intercontinental attack on the United States.

Tu-22M3
The Tu-22M on the photo is a Tu-22M3 which features: the first test flight was on 20 June 1977 (Russian Air Force) and became operational in 1983. The range of the bomber was 6800km, with a maximum speed of 2300km/h and a payload twice as that of the Tu-22M2 which could be equipped with Kh-22 cruise missiles, Kh-15 (AS-16) short-range missiles and be able to carry nuclear bombs. The crew is 4.

Ukraine
When Ukraine became separate from the Soviet Union, it adapted about some 55 (former Soviet) Tu-22M2s and Tu-22M3s but they have all been scrapped between 2001 and 2006.

Tu-22M Russia	Tu-22M Russia	Tu-22M Russia
Tu-22M3 Ukraine

Tu-22M demo film