Around 2:00 p.m., a Su-34 fighter-bomber was shot down. That's the 2nd today.

Valmond, 3 months ago

Incredible.

Hopfgeist, 3 months ago (edited 2 months ago)

Missing coordination, and no early warning, because they have no A-50 on station any more. Just speculating.

LaFinlandia, 3 months ago

They reportedly haven’t flown an A-50 since the last one was downed.

tal, 3 months ago

I’m not certain that Russia had more than two operational at the moment.

normanwall, 3 months ago

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukhoi_Su-34

Approximately US$36Million each, since the war started it is estimated Russia has lost approximately 25+ at end of December 2023 out of the ~149 that were in service, but have received some deliveries of the additional 40 ordered.

LaFinlandia, 3 months ago (edited 2 months ago)

And this is the 7th* destroyed in the past 10 days.

www.kyivpost.com/post/28704

normanwall, 3 months ago

Haha! Wonderful!

The_v, 3 months ago

Going to be interesting on finding out how they are managing this one. Ukraine suddenly has the capability to knock everything out of the sky. Did they get some F-16’s a few months early?

LaFinlandia, 3 months ago (edited 2 months ago)

S-200 missiles combined with Patriot radar seems to be the most likely bet. The Air Force commander also joked that Russia is using airborne meat assaults. The increasing use of aerial bombs by Russia would support that statement.