The Russian Su-25 attack aircraft was lost by the Russian army in the Donbass.
Another enemy aircraft was destroyed by the National Guard of Ukraine. The fighters of the “Spartan” brigade worked professionally. “Rook”, flying at a distance of up to 4 km, was shot down by a portable anti-aircraft missile system “Perun”. This happened on March 6, but it became known on March 8. This was reported by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine.
The enemy aircraft provided air cover for the infantry of the occupiers, who were advancing on the defense line of the Ukrainian military. After the shot, the guardsmen saw in the thermal imager that the plane was hit and went down. The fate of the pilot remains unknown.
We worked out the target from Perun, brought the plane up and began to change the direction of flight. From the southeast, he made a maneuver to strike at our positions, and after the hit, he changed the trajectory and began to make a sharp turn to the east, after which he fell along the intersection line, – said the operator of the MANPADS, the National Guardsman Roman.
On March 8, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, the army of the Russian Federation had already lost 303 aircraft.
Recall that in February, near Avdiivka, a serviceman of the 110th Separate Mechanized Brigade named after General Cornet Mark Bezruchko destroyed a Russian Su-25 attack aircraft with an accurate shot from a MANPADS.
Source: Racurs
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