Ukrainian forces have shot down a Russian supersonic fighter-bomber over eastern Ukraine, according to Kyiv’s military, in the latest blow to Russia’s air force in the nearly two years of all-out war in the country.
A Russian Su-34 was destroyed over the eastern Luhansk region of Ukraine, the General Staff of Ukraine’s armed forces said in an early morning operational update on Tuesday. The jet was downed on Monday, the Ukrainian military said.
Moscow’s forces have lost a total of 332 aircraft in the more than 23 months of war, Kyiv said on Tuesday. In the past day, Russia also lost 10 tanks, 29 armored combat vehicles and 31 artillery systems, the Ukrainian military said.
“Great job, warriors!” the Ukrainian Defense Ministry said in a brief post to social media.
Newsweek has reached out to the Russian Defense Ministry for comment via email.
This is a breaking story and will be updated shortly with additional information.
https://www.newsweek.com/russia-fighter-jet-shot-down-ukraine-su34-1865164?piano_t=1
Great work! Another $36 million worth of scrap metal.
Putinazi aviators are evil creatures of considerably higher than average intelligence, yet they choose to take to the air with the deliberate intention of murdering Ukrainian civilians.
They all deserve to be burned to a crisp; their homes too.
That’s very true. When I was viewing the bombed out apartment building in Borodyanka last year, the people there said that it was aircraft that destroyed them. The air crews clearly saw that those were all civilian structures but bombed them anyway.
Well done! 👍
YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!!!!!🇺🇦💪
I wonder how many POWs were on board.
Bhaaaaaaaahaaaaaaaaahaaaaaaaaaaa! 65 again?