Posted on 10/12/2024 6:50:54 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
One of Moscow's fighter jets has been shot down by Ukrainian forces, according to a military blogger with links to the Russian air force. Another pro-Moscow milblogger said that the Sukhoi Su-34 aircraft had been downed by a Western-supplied F-16.
Neither report has been confirmed and Newsweek has contacted the Russian and Ukrainian defense ministries for comment over the unverified claims which have sparked much speculation on social media.
The Telegram channel Fighterbomber posted on Saturday a message which looked like a tribute to a lost Su-34 fighter jet. Next to an image of the supersonic medium-range fighter bomber, which has been a mainstay of Russia's aviation efforts in the war it started, it said, "the earth is the sky, brothers."
The pro-Moscow Telegram channel VDV for Honesty and Justice shared the post, adding more detail.
"Urgent!!! Our Su-34 has been shot down. The crew was killed," it said, adding that the aircraft "was apparently shot down by an F-16, which was over enemy-controlled territory."
It also said that the plane had been shot down during an air bomb drop "approximately 50 km (30 miles) from the front line," without giving details of where it had got the information from.
"Soon there will be more such losses. NATO has sent F-16s out to hunt," it added, "as a result, our infantry losses will increase."
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And this one...!
A unique ultra expensive Russian drone shot down by... Russia - as it malfunctioned... they tried to prevent it from falling into Ukrainian hands...
The operation failed! Its now in Ukrainian hands, and it’s another win for the technical experts at the Pentagon.
Ukraine conflict: Shootdown reveals Russian ‘stealth drone’ operating over Ukraine
Russian aircraft seem to lack a certain elegance...
F-16 Fighting Falcon, kicking butt and taking names for over 40 years. It’s a fighter pilot’s fighter.
I doubt the F 16 shot it down (guns), rather an AIM7 or advanced AIM9.
The newer AMRAAMs (7s) are awesome.
Hard hitting investigative journalism by Newsweek.
This means that the Ruskies are about to completely lose this war! They’re almost out of ammo and Putin is on his deathbed! Break out the champagne and start up the parades!
The F-16 was probably piloted by Zelensky himself!
lol okay.
Or - where to stop reading, even if Newsweak had any credibility..
That has not been Putin’s plan as far as I know.
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So they aren’t totally useless, besides soaking up Kinzhal missiles. But we already knew that. So does that mean the score is now about 10-1 against the F-16 in Ukraine now?
I’m not surprised. The Su-34 was designed primarily for tactical deployment against ground and naval targets, not to play tag with a Falcon. It’s out of its league.
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Neither report has been confirmed
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Only the Russians have confirmed it.
Waiting for the authoritative MSN to confirm from their CIA and Russian sources. Without MSN confirmation it did not happen, no matter what the Russian admit. /s
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