War in Ukraine: the shooting down of a Russian Sukhoi that attacked Zaporizhzhya, the air force announced

The Ukrainian Air Force said successful a station connected Telegram that it changeable down the Russian craft astatine astir 04:00 section clip (04:00 section time) arsenic the Su-34 was “conducting a violent onslaught successful the metropolis of Zaporizhzhya and dropped guided bombs”.These events person not yet been confirmed by autarkic sources.

According to the politician of Zaporizhia, Ivan Fedorov, contempt the downing of the aircraft, 1 idiosyncratic was killed successful the airstrikes successful that portion overnight, and 2 others were wounded. In the Vinitsa and Kirovohrad regions, infrastructure facilities were damaged by attacks with unmanned aerial vehicles (drones), according to section authorities.

The Su-34, a supersonic tactical fighter-bomber, was built during the Soviet era, but has been produced successful bid since 2006. To date, astir 150 units person been built.

Slide bombs are 1 of the astir important tactical weapons utilized by Russian forces against Ukrainian antiaircraft lines. However, these bombs are often utilized against cities located astatine the rear adjacent the front, according to DPA.

These bombs tin beryllium dropped from a region of a fewer kilometers, making planes mostly immune to aerial defence systems. Zaporizhia, successful confederate Ukraine, and Harkiv, successful the northeast, are cities that person been deed with galore glide weaponry attacks during the Russian invasion, which has been going connected for much than 3 and a fractional years, the German News Agency adds.