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| Ukraine shoots down £15million Russian fighter jet… |
| 2024-08-29 |
| [Daily Mail, where America gets its news] … as Zelensky reveals Western-supplied F-16s helped destroy Russian rockets during missile blitz This is the dramatic moment Ukrainian air forces shot down another of Putin's £15million fighter jets in the latest blow to Russia's stumbling war effort. A Sukhoi SU-25 attack aircraft is seen exploding in a fireball as it flies over Ukrainian positions around Kramatorsk, Ukrainian sources claimed. The plane was forced to release flares to distract heat-seeking missiles while flying low with another aircraft in eastern Ukraine, but was reportedly struck before plummeting to the ground. Anti-aircraft gunners of the 28th separate mechanised brigade took down the latest Su-25 scalp with a man portable air defence missile, the sources said. Russia has launched devastating attacks inside Ukraine since Kyiv's shock incursion into the Kursk region earlier this month - but damage has been limited by American-supplied F-16s now on hand to destroy foreign rockets, President Zelensky has claimed. |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #3 Was just reading Ukraine shot down the F-16. |
| Posted by: BrerRabbit 2024-08-29 17:59 |
| #2 15 mil is low end for a jet. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2024-08-29 17:42 |
| #1 How much does a F-16 cost? Ukraine lost an F-16 after one of the fighter jets crashed and killed a top pilot: reports |
| Posted by: mossomo 2024-08-29 13:01 |