The Su-57 aircraft can be used to launch Kh-59 and Kh-69 missiles. According to Ukrainian military intelligence, only “a very small number” of these vehicles are currently in service.
Russia’s most modern fighter aircraft. Photo: Reuters
He fighter plane most modern fifth generation multipurpose Russia, he Su-57was hit while parked at an airfield almost 600 kilometers from Ukraine, according to Ukrainian military intelligence.
At the moment it is not clear the extent of the damage suffered by the attacked plane since the Russian pro-war Telegram channel, fighterbomber, considered close to the Russian Aerospace Forcesstated that “it is being determined whether it can be repaired or not. If not, it will be the first combat loss of the Su-57 in history.”
Russia’s most modern fighter aircraft. Photo: Reuters
Furthermore, the Russian Defense Ministry stated on Saturday that three Ukrainian drones were intercepted in the Astrakhan region.
For its part, Russia used a Su-57 aircraft only occasionally in attacks against Ukraine: “They try to keep him away, because they understand that he can be hit by our anti-aircraft defense,” said the spokesman for the Ukrainian Air Force, Ilia Yevlashafter Russia used the plane, which it described as “expensive and unique toy for Russians”to attack Krivi Rig On April 25.
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Russia shot down seven drones in border regions with Ukraine
Russian air defense systems A total of seven Ukrainian fixed-wing drones were shot down over the Russian regions of Bryansk and Belgorod, bordering Ukraine.
The first of these Russian regions borders the Ukrainian ones of Chernigov and Sumiand the second, with that of Kharkiv, which for several weeks has been the scene of an offensive by Russian troops.
Russian attacks on the Kharkiv region, Ukraine. Photo: Reuters.
Likewise, A drone attack hit an ammunition arsenal on Sunday and injured three Russian soldiers in the Russian region of Belgorod, border with Ukraine and the most affected by the war.
The governor, Vyacheslav Gladkovconfirmed that a fire broke out, but did not say if there were injuries, although there were in the attack against the district of Borisov, where three soldiers from the self-defense corps had to be hospitalized, without their lives being in danger.
