Kateryna Prysiazhnyuk19:38, 06/09/24

According to preliminary information, as a result of the attack on the Russian airfield, the Russian Federation suffered irreversible and sanitary losses, the representative of the Ministry of Defense of the Ministry of Defense shared.

In Russia, according to preliminary information, two Russian “state-of-the-art” Su-57 fighters could have been hit , and the enemy has lost personnel.

Andriy Yusov, a representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, shared this information on the air of the telethon. “First of all, we ascertain the very fact of defeat. The Main Directorate of Intelligence does not comment on the means of defeat, as officially, what kind of operation it was, and whose. But everyone can draw their own conclusions. The information is being clarified, and indeed, this is very good news for Ukraine. This the first combat defeat of this “state-of-the-art” aircraft, which Russia positions as a fifth-generation aircraft, however, many people in the world have doubts about this,” he noted.

Yusov emphasized that this news has already become important and significant for military experts, the international military community, and the article in “Wikipedia” was updated very quickly, but that’s not all. “There is data that continues to be clarified, and preliminary information that there could be two Su-57 aircraft affected. There is also information about irreversible losses and wounded among the personnel of the occupiers,” said the representative of the GUR.

He emphasized that enemy Su-57 aircraft, without entering the airspace of Ukraine, inflicted missile damage specifically on civilian objects and peaceful infrastructure.

Important news about enemy losses on June 9, 2024 – what you should know

The GUR of the Ministry of Defense reported that on June 8, a Su-57 fighter jet was hit in the Astrakhan region of the Russian Federation at the Akhtubinsk airfield, which is located 589 kilometers from the front line .

It is worth noting that during the full-scale invasion, Russia has already suffered serious losses in Ukraine in both equipment and manpower. In particular, the total aviation losses of the enemy on June 9 , according to the information of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, are as follows – the liquidation of 357 aircraft and 326 helicopters has been confirmed. As for personnel, the Ukrainian side reported that approximately 518,560 Russian invaders have already been “minus”.

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