Ukraine says hit Su-57 fighter jet inside Russia

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By AFP

09 June 2024 | 11:15 americium

Ukraine said Sunday it had deed a Su-57 combatant pitchy parked astatine an airfield successful confederate Russia, its first-ever onslaught connected Moscow's latest generat

Ukraine said Sunday it had deed a Su-57 combatant pitchy parked astatine an airfield successful confederate Russia, its first-ever onslaught connected Moscow’s latest procreation stealth aircraft.

The flagship Su-57 entered into work with Russia’s aerospace forces successful December 2020 and was designed to regenerate ageing Soviet-designed combatant craft specified arsenic the Su-27 and MiG-29.

“On 8 June 2024, a Su-57 multi-purpose combatant pitchy of the aggressor authorities was struck astatine the Akhtubinsk airfield successful Russia’s Astrakhan region, 589 kilometres (366 miles) from the enactment of contact,” Ukraine’s GUR subject quality said.

“The decision of the Su-57 is the archetypal specified lawsuit successful history,” the GUR added.

It besides published before-and-after outer imagery of what it said showed occurrence harm and debris astir an Su-57 pitchy parked connected an airfield.

The bureau did not accidental however it carried retired the onslaught and did not assertion work directly.

But a Ukrainian quality root told AFP that the GUR was responsible, and that it had utilized Ukrainian-made combat drones successful the attack.

Ukraine often targets subject and vigor facilities connected Russian territory with drones, sometimes hundreds of kilometres from the beforehand line.

Russian aerial defences changeable down 3 drones implicit the Astrakhan portion connected Saturday, according to Moscow’s defence ministry.

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