Lyudmila Zhernovskaya 23:24, 01/14/24 UNIAN
Il-22 disappeared from radar after descending in Kerch.
On the evening of Sunday, January 14, the Ukrainian military shot down a Russian A-50 airborne early warning and control aircraft and shot down an Il-22 aircraft over the Sea of Azov.
This was reported by People’s Deputy from the Servant of the People Yuri Mysyagin in his Telegram channel . “At about 21:00, Ukrainian units fired at two aircraft of the Russian Armed Forces, namely an A-50 AWACS aircraft and an Il-22 bomber, which were over the Sea of Azov,” he wrote.
According to him, the downed Il-22 was trying to get to the nearest airfield; it disappeared from radar in the Kerch area. Subsequently, the speaker of the Ukrainian Volunteer Army “South” Sergei Bratchuk said that his sources recorded the disappearance of an A-50 from radars in the area of the Azov Sea and the shooting down of an Il-22.
“According to preliminary data, the information has been confirmed, so we are waiting for comments from the Air Force. If we talk about the long-range radar tracking aircraft, then only ≈30 units were manufactured. The target is fattening,” added Bratchuk in Telegram .
As RBC-Ukraine reports , citing sources in the Defense Forces, the A-50 was shot down immediately after it took up duty in the Kirillovka area, around 21:10 – 21:15. He stopped responding to tactical aviation requests; subsequently, a Russian Su-30 pilot recorded the fire and crash of an unidentified aircraft.
Il-22m1 (tail number 75106) was on duty in the Strelkovoy area, it was shot down off the coast of the Azov Sea at about 21:00. The damaged plane wanted to land in Anapa, the pilot requested evacuation, as well as calling doctors and firefighters.
Russian losses in aviation: what is known
According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, the Russian Federation has already lost 329 aircraft and 324 helicopters.
The Ukrainian military systematically inflicts losses in equipment and manpower on the occupying forces.
YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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It seems that Ukraine has capabilities to down aircraft further away from the front than previously possible. I wonder if they could eventually down those damned Tu-95s and Mig-31s that have been bombing civilians.
Anyhow, well done, AFU!