Rome, February 24, 2024 – Ukraine claimed to have pulled down another Friday (the second since January) Russian military spy plane A-50. The plane – reported Ukrainian military sources – would have been Heat stroke between the Russian cities of Rostov-on-Don and Krasnodar, Rescue workers reportedly found aircraft fragments in Kanevskoy district and extinguished a raging fire more than 200 kilometers from the front line.
The A-50 is one crucial spy plane which allows the Russians detect incoming Ukrainian missiles and identify ground targets.
The flight path of the Russian spy plane allegedly shot down from Kiev
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Russia did not comment the Kiev Declaration. Ukrainian Air Force chief Mykola Oleshchuk thanked his service and military intelligence for helping to shoot down the plane – a long-range radar detection aircraft – and noted on Telegram that the attack coincided with Russia's military holiday “Defender of the Fatherland Day.” coincided.
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CNN shared a Video what this seems to show moment when the A-50 was shot downin addition to the huge flames and thick, dark smoke that appears to be rising after the accident.
According to British intelligence, as Business Insider reported, the aircraft's early warning radar was a “key factor in Russian operations over Ukraine, providing early aerial warning of threats as well as command and control capabilities.”
mid-JanuaryUkraine said this was the case another Russian A-50 spy plane shot down Over the southern Zaporizhia region on the same day, it also claimed to have shot down an Ilyushin Il-22 air command post.
Krasnodar emergency authorities later said that a
It said the plane crashed near the village of Trudovaya Armenia in Kanevskoy District and the fire was subsequently extinguished, without giving further details.