Ukraine’s military says it shot down three Russian fighter jets on Friday in the south of the country.
Three Su-34 fighter bombers were shot down over Kherson region, the Ukrainian air force announced.
President Volodymr Zelensky thanked the servicemen who had downed the planes, saying the incident had occurred in war-torn Kherson Region.
Moscow has not commented on the claims, but influential Russian bloggers have reported losses.
In his nightly address on Friday, Mr Zelensky said the downing of the planes would make Russian pilots attacking targets in Ukraine aware that “none of them [would] go unpunished”.
The recent delivery of an additional Patriot battery from Germany likely enabled this victory as it means they didn’t have to leave a large civilian area undefended while they used it to protect the front line from Russian attack aircraft.
Patriot is mobile so it’s moved where it is most needed.
So that’s all three then, right?
They have about 130 operational SU34s.
About 127
Nice one!
They have or they claim?
It’s quite well documented. Let’s hope they all crash and burn.
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I would love to find out Ukraine shot down the first one, then radioed the Russian airbase posing as the pilots and claiming great hits but more bombs needed and to send more bombers.
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It was a joke based upon past success of Ukrainian defenders successfully calling in Russian artillery strikes on Russian personnel.
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Maybe not, but I agree I would love for that to be the story 😁
Bravo! Great move. It’s been confirmed by the Russian side as well.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
President Volodymr Zelensky thanked the servicemen who had downed the planes, saying the incident had occurred in war-torn Kherson Region.
In his nightly address on Friday, Mr Zelensky said the downing of the planes would make Russian pilots attacking targets in Ukraine aware that “none of them [would] go unpunished”.
He also said he had spoken to Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte about the future delivery of F-16 jets, as well as a new EU support package.
Another blogger, Voenniy Osvedomitel, said the planes had probably been used to drop glide bombs on a Ukrainian position on the Russian-controlled side of the Dnipro River.
Ukraine is facing an ammunition shortage as it continues to fight occupying Russian forces, following Moscow’s full-scale invasion in February 2022.
In a year-end press conference this week, Mr Zelensky insisted that Ukraine was not losing the war with Russia.
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What this article could add for a good measure, is how many strikes they could carry each day. This stat even theoretical is more understandable.
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