After the war started between Ukraine and Russia. Russia is very heavy and powerful in its armed forces. But the Ukrainian armed forces are not giving up either. They also fight from the start. They use natives of Ukraine to fight in the war against Russia. A Russian Su-35 was shot down by the Ukrainian MiG-29 near Kherson.
Russian Su-35 was shot down by Ukrainian MiG-29
A Russian fighter jet Su-35 is said to have been shot down in combat by the Ukrainian Mig-29 on Friday afternoon. According to the tweet posted by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. This event marks the second attack of its kind since early April.
The Ukrainian Air Force stated on Twitter that the Su-35 wanted to hunt for their attack aircraft, and the Ukrainian Air Force also stated on Twitter that this is Glory to Pilots and Death to the Occupiers. Words of the Ukrainian Air Force are listed below.
Today, May 27, at about 2:00 PM, a MiG-29 fighter of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine shot down a Russian Su-35 fighter in the skies of the Kherson region, which was hunting Ukrainian attack aircraft. †
“Glory to Ukrainian pilots! Death to the occupiers!”
Ukrainian Air Force stated on Twitter.
On Friday, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that Russia has lost 29,750 troops, 1322 tanks, 3246 armed combat vehicles, 623 artillery systems, 201 multiple missile systems, 93 air defense systems, 206 combat aircraft, 170 helicopters, 115 cruise ships. missiles, 13 warships, 2226 military vehicles and 48 units of special equipment, all since the beginning of this invasion of Russia.
About Su-35
The Sukhoi Su-35 and NATO (Noth Atlantic Treaty Organization) reporting name its Flanker-E was designed for two improved derivatives of the Su-27 air defense fighter. They are single-seat and twin-engine. The Su-35 was designed by the Sukhoi Design Bureau and built by the Komsomolsk-on-Armor Aircraft Plant. The top speed of this versatile fighter aircraft is 2778 km/h and varies from 3600 km. The twin-engine jet has a clear avionics system that uses a digital information control system and a new radar system that can effectively attack eight targets simultaneously. The Su-35 jet fighter is estimated to cost about $65 million.
What happened at the beginning of April this year?
In early April this year, the Ukrainian Air Force announced that it had shot down a Russian Su-35 that was on a SEAD (Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses) mission. This event marked the first documented downed fighter of its kind in the Ukrainian war.
The moment the fighter jet was hit in mid-air over the Izyum region of eastern Ukraine, about 120 kilometers from Kharkiv. The Russian pilot was captured by the Ukrainian armed forces, which even managed to intercept a conversation with the Russian army about a possible rescue operation. The Ukrainian Air Force also tweeted this great success. They destroyed a Russian Su-35 in April this year, while the Su-35 is on a SEAD mission. The Russian offensive in Ukraine is not going smoothly as Russian President Vladimir Putin had hoped.