Ukraine shoots down Russian A-50 surveillance plane and IL-22 command aircraft
Reports say that the A-50 radar plane was downed over the Sea of Azov while the IL-22 M command plane was dam The Ukrainian Air Force shot down a Russian A-50 long-range radar detection and control airplane and an IL-22 command plane over the Sea of Azov on Sunday evening, Ukrainian Army Commander in Chief Valery Zaluzhny said in a statement.

"I am grateful to the air force for the perfectly planned and executed operation in the Azov Sea region!" he said.

According to the earlier reports the A-50 was downed, while the IL-22 could have managed to land somewhere in Russia. Russian pro-war channels claimed that the IL-22 managed to land, but there were wounded on board.

Even though the Kremlin has not confirmed it yet, Ukrainian Air Force Commander Mykola Oleshchuk said in a cryptic message: “This is for Dnipro, monsters. Burn in hell! Can’t provide details yet.”

He illustrated his message with a plane emoji and a photo of a civilian building that Russians hit with a missile in Dnipro on January 14 last year, killing more than 30 people.

Yuriy Mysiahin, a Ukrainian MP and a member of the parliament's defense committee, had more details. According to his statement, around 9 p.m. on Sunday, Ukrainian forces fired at two Russian military aircraft — an A-50 and an IL-22, which was shadowing the radar plane as both were flying over the Sea of Azov.

“The A-50 was shot down, and the IL-22M was damaged, but it was in the air and tried to reach the nearest airfield, but it disappeared from the radar after the descent began, in the Kerch area of Crimea,” Mysiahin said in a statement.

Russian pro-war telegram channels so far are divided on what happened over Azov. Some, like Russian aviation blogger and military pilot Fighterbomber were “mourning the tragedy” while channels like Rybar said that “if the downing is confirmed ... this will be another black day for the Russian Air Force and Air Defense Forces."

“A tragedy is always a tragedy especially when it is of such a scale. Who is to blame for the deaths of the pilots, we will most likely never find out. To the dead I wish the eternal flight, to the wounded, a speedy recovery and return to service,” Fighterbomber said.

https://www.politico.eu/article/ukraine-russia-war-plane-shot-down-a50-il22/

Great! The end to putin is near, I am sure he will be defeated before the end of the year 2024.

Besides nuclear warheads, Russia has proven to be a paper tiger militarily.

Their military technology has been no match against mid level western ordinances.

The Chinese will think twice before attacking Taiwan because their technology is also hinged on Russian technology.

Why is south Africa not taking Russia to ICJ for genocide?

Why is there no protest from the world and UN's Antonio Guteres against Russia? Why are they not crying for ceasefire?

Why?

But want ceasefire against Hamas an Islamic jihad terrorist group.

War should always be the last option. It does more harm than good

OK

MikoB:
Great! The end to putin is near, I am sure he will be defeated before the end of the year 2024.

Though this is a bad blow to the Russian military, but it does not mean Ukraine is wining.

Fuckyoumod:
Why is south Africa not taking Russia to ICJ for genocide?

Why is there no protest from the world and UN's Antonio Guteres against Russia? Why are they not crying for ceasefire?

Why?

But want ceasefire against Hamas an Islamic jihad terrorist group.

You dey even see south Africans as human beings, lol those HIV DISTRIBUTORS with cone heads