Russia has admitted that the Ukrainian military shot down an A-50U reconnaissance aircraft A Moscow court has arrested in absentia AFU Colonel Mykola Dzyaman on charges of terrorist act.
According to the investigation, the commander of the 138th anti-aircraft missile brigade of the AFU on February 23 ordered his subordinates to shoot down a plane of the Russian Aerospace Forces.
"The above actions led to the death of 10 crew members and the destruction of the airplane," the IC said in a statement.
Dzyaman was put on the federal wanted list.
The A-50U is a modernized version of the A-50 reconnaissance aircraft. Its cost exceeds $300 million. The equipment on such planes can simultaneously track several dozen targets in the sky and on the ground.
This was the second reconnaissance plane that was shot down by the AFU. The first one was shot down in mid-January over the Sea of Azov.
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Italy plans to transfer a batch of long-range Storm Shadow missiles to Ukraine, the Fatto Quotidiano publication has reported, citing sources The publication said that this decision indicates a change in the position of Prime Minister Giorgi Meloni's government, which did not announce such deliveries during the election campaign because this topic was "very unpopular" in society. The Italian Defense Ministry has not yet commented on the information.
According to the newspaper, the aid package, including the Samp-T air defense system, will be delivered by the end of June.
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According to an unreliable source, this version of the Stormshadow has an operational range of 500km...IMHO, this would put the Kerch bridge in range.
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