A video from the crash site of a Russian Su-34 shot down by Ukrainian forces on the Mariupol front was shown
Ukrainian guerrillas have discovered the crash site of a Russian Su-34 fighter jet shot down by the Ukrainian Defense Forces on March 1 in the east. An enemy aircraft “unsuccessfully” landed near Mariupol.
This was reported on the Telegram channel of the Mariupol.Spistov community on March 2. Footage of the Su-34 crash site was also released.
“Boom. Our guys are back from the search. What do we say? We found that damned Sushka yesterday. Rusnya, **alo?” the post reads.
The day before, monitoring channels reported the downing of another Russian Su-34 in the east.
On Saturday, March 2, the Air Force confirmed this information.
“As a result, 11 Su-34s have been shot down since the beginning of the year… This is more than the Russian VKS received in 2022 (10) or 2023 (6). To date, the Russian Aerospace Forces have about 80 combat-ready Su-34s. At the same time, almost all of them are used to carry out air defense strikes,” commented Oleksandr Kovalenko, military and political observer of the Information Resistance group.
He added that as of March 1, 60 Su-34s were deployed overnight.
“That is, the bulk of the Su-34 henhouse is focused on our direction. But with the success of the annihilation of Russian tactical aviation, will they run out of Su-34s in two months? In theory, yes. They will not be able to compensate for the losses faster than this rate of annihilation,” Kovalenko predicted.
According to him, at some point, the occupiers will have to compensate for the lack of Su-34s with Su-24 or Su-30 aircraft, which means another increase in losses due to the decline in the quality of the carriers’ performance.
“The battle for airspace continues…” Kovalenko summarized.
