Ukrainian Armed Forces continue to destroy enemy aircraft for the seventh time in a week
The commander of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Mykola Oleshchuk said that on February 21, Ukrainian troops destroyed another Russian Su-34 bomber.
Over the past week, the fifth enemy Su-34 has been destroyed, and a total of seven aircraft have been shot down. Recently, on February 17, the Ukrainian Air Force reported that it had hit three aircraft at once – two Su-34s and one Su-35 fighter jet. Later, on February 18, another Su-34 was eliminated, and on February 19, another Su-34 and Su-35 were downed.
“This time, I can say that the Su-35 pilot was lucky – he maneuvered out of the way and is no longer at risk. But the Su-34 crew joins our ‘Eternal Flight, Brothers’ section,” Oleshchuk said.
The Su-34 bomber is designed to carry out missile and bomb attacks on ground targets, as well as to engage enemy air targets.
The Su-35 multi-role fighter is a modernized Su-27. It is designed to intercept and destroy all classes of air targets in long-range and close-range combat.
