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Ukraine claims it destroyed Russian spy plane in attack over Sea of Azov
CNN ^ | Monday, January 15, 2024 | Olga Voitovych, Anna Chernova, Victoria Butenko, Svitlana Vlasova and Rob Picheta, CNN

Posted on 01/15/2024 3:05:48 PM PST by Steven Scharf

Ukraine claims it destroyed Russian spy plane in attack over Sea of Azov By Olga Voitovych, Anna Chernova, Victoria Butenko, Svitlana Vlasova and Rob Picheta, CNN

Updated 12:34 PM EST, Mon January 15, 2024

Ukraine claimed it destroyed a Russian spy plane over the Sea of Azov on Monday, in what would be a significant strike against Moscow’s aerial capabilities.

Ukraine’s Commander-in-Chief Valerii Zaluzhnyi initially said on Telegram on Monday that two aircraft had been destroyed, writing: “Warriors of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed an enemy A-50 long-range radar detection aircraft and an enemy IL-22 air control center.”

He also thanked the Air Force for “the perfectly planned and executed operation” in southern Ukraine.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Ukraine; War
KEYWORDS: annachernova; cnn; falsereporting; olgavoitovych; robpicheta; svitlanavlasova; ukraine; victoriabutenko
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CNN does not believe The Ukraine did the deed.
1 posted on 01/15/2024 3:05:48 PM PST by Steven Scharf
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To: Steven Scharf

the Russ claim friendly fire... which is more embarrassing???


2 posted on 01/15/2024 3:10:23 PM PST by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: Steven Scharf

A-50 is an AWACS, not a spy plane. If anything, it can be configured for EW.


3 posted on 01/15/2024 3:12:36 PM PST by InsidiousMongo
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To: Steven Scharf

“ CNN does not believe The Ukraine did the deed.”
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Nobody truly does. Except perhaps for those ZEEPERS who are gullible enough to actually think the aerial exploits of “The Ghost of Kiev” are real.


4 posted on 01/15/2024 3:15:06 PM PST by House Atreides (I’m now ULTRA-MAGA. -PRO-MAX)
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To: Steven Scharf

Was it the “The Ghost of Kyiv”???

Is He back??? The Russians are SHAKING IN THEIR BOOTS!!!!


5 posted on 01/15/2024 3:17:23 PM PST by HippyLoggerBiker (Always carry a flagon of whiskey in case of snakebite and furthermore always carry a small snake. )
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To: Steven Scharf

Supposedly they brought down two dozens helicopters just days ago.


6 posted on 01/15/2024 3:19:31 PM PST by Robert DeLong
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To: Chode

Really? Friendly fire is issue for all military forces, including ours.


7 posted on 01/15/2024 3:21:18 PM PST by Robert DeLong
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To: Robert DeLong

yeah, the one that made it back anyway said it was FF

don’t know about the one that went down...


8 posted on 01/15/2024 3:23:14 PM PST by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: Robert DeLong

I heard it was a thousand hundred.


9 posted on 01/15/2024 3:24:03 PM PST by Right Brother (Pray for God's intervention to stop UMCRevMom's invasion of Free Republic)
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To: Right Brother
Two Dozen Russian Helicopters Downed in One Day with 'Secret Weapon'—Kyiv

It was poster on Jan. 12th, but perhaps it was removed. 🤣

10 posted on 01/15/2024 3:32:49 PM PST by Robert DeLong
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To: Chode
You had said: >b>the Russ claim friendly fire... which is more embarrassing???

I just said that friendly fire is something that is an issue with every military. If it is embarrassing, then people are not aware of the fog of war & the mistakes that are made in the fog of war. Truth is always the first causality in the fog of war.

11 posted on 01/15/2024 3:38:28 PM PST by Robert DeLong
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Oh boy. This must bring the war within measurable distance of its end.


12 posted on 01/15/2024 3:38:55 PM PST by rxh4n1
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To: Right Brother

Since I didn’t read it until now, I see they also claimed 12 planes as well. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣


13 posted on 01/15/2024 3:41:55 PM PST by Robert DeLong
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To: Robert DeLong

I guess all countries should have the Ukie military advising them. Their kill/ loss ratio is unprecedented in human history.


14 posted on 01/15/2024 3:44:01 PM PST by Right Brother (Pray for God's intervention to stop UMCRevMom's invasion of Free Republic)
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To: Robert DeLong

Zelensky didnt give a date. Consensus is he was referring to the ATACMS airfield strikes in October. The number he cited is plausible if you count damaged aircraft. Lots of bomblets=lots of fragments going everywhere.


15 posted on 01/15/2024 3:51:59 PM PST by buwaya (Strategic imperatives )
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To: rxh4n1
Yeah, that's why Zelenskyy went to Davos & asked the Swiss to work on securing a peace plan. A plan that has Ukraine making demands of Russia. Or was that to squeeze more money from NATO nations? Either way, I believe Russia will control when the hostilities will end, because right now it is working to their favor by diminishing the capabilities of NATO & her member states. It also sounds like Poland may be gearing up to send soldiers into Ukraine, not because of the Polish President Duda, but by the new government, led by prime minister Donald Tusk who is a big support of One World Government globalists.

But getting people to see this as the reality, is not easy because the want to buy into the happy propaganda.

16 posted on 01/15/2024 4:02:17 PM PST by Robert DeLong
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except it happens all too frequently wi them... how many is this now?

might better let the world think they got clipped


17 posted on 01/15/2024 4:03:41 PM PST by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: buwaya
The article states:

Ukrainian forces destroyed 26 Russian helicopters in a single day using an unknown long-range weapon supplied by Kyiv's allies, Volodymyr Zelensky has claimed.

But it goes even further than that with:

"With it, we destroyed 26 helicopters in a day, and 12 planes that took off and attacked with missiles, against which these systems were working. We destroyed 12 at once."

See my post #9, for the link to the actual article.

So, as usual, you have the wrong narrative completely.

18 posted on 01/15/2024 4:11:15 PM PST by Robert DeLong
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To: Chode
except it happens all too frequently with them... how many is this now?

You are the one making that claim, not me. You tell me, and if you could, please provide at least 3 examples where Russia claims friendly fire brough down whatever craft was taken down.

19 posted on 01/15/2024 4:15:44 PM PST by Robert DeLong
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To: Robert DeLong

well this one for sure,

and here, if you want more look them up

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2022/12/30/russian-jets-shot-sky-almost-downed-moscow-air-defence-systems/


20 posted on 01/15/2024 4:19:30 PM PST by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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