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THIS is the dramatic moment a Russian stealth drone is shot out of the sky by Vladimir Putin’s Su-57 warplane. The £11.5 million S-70 Okhotnik stealth drone can be seen exploding in the air in the extraordinary footage. Video of the incident shows two Kremlin military aircrafts speeding across the sky over eastern Ukraine when the trailing plane fires a missile which hits the one in front. Russian pro-war Z channels initially claimed that a Ukrainian war plane had been hit by a Russian aircraft. However, the burnt wreckage on the ground near Ukrainian-controlled Kostiantynivka had distinct Russian insignia on...

THIS IS the moment Ukrainian soldiers shot down a Russian Su-25 attack jet. The incident occurred near Pokrovsk, Donetsk Oblast, the Khortytsia group of forces said on July 23. Anti-air units shot the plane down as it was attempting to fire on Ukrainian positions, the statement by the group forces said. The Khortytsia group of forces also shared a video that showed an anti-aircraft missile being launched and striking a plane in the distance. The Soviet-designed Su-25, nicknamed "Frogfoot" by NATO, is a heavily armored ground-attack aircraft.