Two Russian fighter jets and two military helicopters were reportedly shot down on Saturday near the Ukrainian border, according to the Russian news agency Kommersant. If true, this would be a stunning victory for Kiev.
On its website, Kommersant said that a raiding group consisting of a Su-34 fighter-bomber, a Su-35 fighter, and two Mi-8 helicopters had been “shot down almost simultaneously” in an ambush in the Bryansk region, which borders northeast Ukraine.
“According to preliminary data … the fighters were supposed to deliver a missile and bomb attack on targets in the Chernihiv region of Ukraine, and the helicopters were there to back them up – among other things to pick up the ‘Su’ crews if they were shot down.”
A Russian Su-34 warplane crashed in that area, according to the Russian state news agency TASS, but the cause was not given.
An emergency services official was also quoted by TASS as claiming that a helicopter’s engine fire led it to crash close to Klintsy, which is around 40 kilometres (25 miles) from the border.
The Su-35 or a second chopper were not mentioned.
A helicopter in the sky was shown in flames falling to the earth in a video shared on the Russian pro-war Telegram channel Voyenniy Osvedomitel. The helicopter was hit by an explosion, pushed off track, and finally crashed.
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