The Ukrainian military shot down two Russian Su-34 fighter jets, the commander of the Air Force of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Lieutenant General Mykola Oleschuk, said.
“Minus one more Su-34 in the eastern direction,” Oleschuk wrote in a telegram.
Before that, Oleschuk reported on the downing of the Russian Su-34 on February 21.
Air Force Commander Mykola Oleshchuk initially reported one Su-34 shot down in the eastern sector earlier today.
According to the Air Force, the second plane was downed at around 2 p.m. local time in the same sector as the previous one.
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On February 19, the Air Force Command and Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrsky reported the downing of a Russian Su-34 fighter-bomber and Su-35S fighter.
On February 23, the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported the downing of a Russian A-50 long-range radar detection aircraft . The first such plane was shot down over the Sea of Azov in January of this year .
According to the data of the General Staff as of the morning of February 27, Russia lost 340 aircraft during the large-scale war against Ukraine.
During preparation for the neutralization of the combat unit of the Russian aeroballistic hypersonic missile “Kinzhal”, which was shot down over the capital of Ukraine.
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