2023-12-24 01:10:56
The Su-34 is one of the most advanced fighter-bombers in the world. Ukrainian forces reportedly shot down three in one day. The statement from the Ukrainian Armed Forces does not clarify what happened to the pilots.
The Ukrainian air force said on Friday it had shot down three Russian Sukhoi Su-34 fighter-bombers in the south of the country, with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy declaring that the shooting had taken place in the Kherson region, where fighting is taking place.
“At noon today, three Russian Su-34 fighter-bombers were shot down in the southern operational zone,” Ukrainian Air Force Commander Mykola Olechtchouk announced on Telegram.
In his Friday night speech, Zelenskyy specified that these jets had been shot down by missiles and said he was “grateful to our soldiers who destroyed three Russian Sukhoi planes in one fell swoop. In the south – in our Kherson region.”
“Our response to all Russian killers must be made known to all Russian pilots – none of them will go unpunished,” Zelensky added. The Air Force did not say what happened to the planes’ pilots.
Russian authorities did not immediately confirm the incident. But the influential Russian military blog Fighterbomber referred to “combat losses” caused, in its opinion, by the US-supplied Patriot air defense system.
The Su-34 is Russia’s most advanced two-seater medium-range supersonic fighter-bomber. In service since 2014, Moscow has used the jet mainly on bombing missions in Syria and Ukraine.
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