UPDATE: The A-50 & IL-22M aircraft were being escorted by a Su-30SM and the pilots observed the planes getting hit, likely by Ukrainian PATRIOT missiles. Russian military helicopters on the way to search for wreckage.
This is today’s thread, below. most of your comments to dead threads, like this one you posted to, are missed by most.
https://freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/4210188/posts?page=80