Ukraine claims to have shot down two Russian military planes

Kiev. Ukrainian military chief Valery Zaluzhny claimed on Monday that his country’s air force had shot down a Russian Beriev An-50 early warning and control aircraft and an Il-22 command center aircraft. Such aircraft are of great help to Russian soldiers in the war zone. The shooting down of two Russian aircraft is a major achievement for Ukraine in the nearly two-year-long war as it is engaged in a battle using trenches and artillery on the front line.

Zaluzhani did not say how the Russian planes were shot down. Ukraine has acquired modern air defense systems from Western allies. He also did not say where the planes were intercepted, although he attached a video to his social media post in which an aircraft tracker shows two targets that appear to be missing over the Sea of ​​Azov. The Sea of ​​Azov is located between Ukraine and Russia. There was no immediate official comment from Moscow.

Many bloggers on the Russia-Ukraine war said that the two planes shot each other down, although they did not provide any evidence of this. He claimed that the Il-22 was damaged but managed to land. The A-50 is an early warning and control aircraft fitted with a large radar capable of identifying aerial targets from a range of 650 kilometres. Its crew consists of 15 members. The Russian Air Force is reportedly operating a fleet of nine such aircraft. At the same time, IL-22 is an air command post that monitors military operations and sends radio signals to the troops on the front. The Russian Air Force reportedly has a dozen such aircraft.

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