"Pilot of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation - Beauty": the Armed Forces were knocked down by two Russian aircraft - the General Staff
"Our defenders have knocked down 2 hostile planes-Su-24m and Su-25," the command said. The Ukrainian aviation of the last day made 15 beats in the areas of concentration of the invaders. The departments of missile troops and artillery of the Armed Forces were struck by the Office of Management, 7 areas of concentration of live force, 2 Stations of the IIT and the composition of ammunition of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, the General Staff added.
The loss of personnel of the Russian army, according to the Ukrainian side, approaches 140 thousand. The Su-24 plane belonged to the Russian PEC "Wagner" and shot it in the sky above Bakhmut, the press service of the founder of the PEC Yevgeny Prigogine said. A week ago, Prigogine flew this plane and made a video where he suggested President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky to take part in an air duel. "If there is a desire, we will meet in the sky. If you take, take away Artemivsk (Bakhmut - Ed. ).
If not - let's go to the Dnieper," said the founder of the PEC. Currently, according to the press service, the aircraft is being repaired. "Indeed, it was this board that was attacked from the land today by the enemy's air defense. The pilot made a miracle, landed the car in the fire, fully completed the combat task . . . The pilot is a handsome man. Honor. We will remind that in December last year in one of the whipped bombers Su-24m found Western chips.
At least one of them was part of SPV-24, an automatic guidance system. In the United States, on February 11, the right of any country to transfer combat aircraft to Ukraine. The departure of Western military equipment requires multilevel preparation of the Armed Forces, said John Kirby, Coordinator of the White House National Security Council. On February 10, French President Emmanuel Macron allowed the departure of fighters to Ukraine.