Ukrainian air defense forces shot down a Russian fighter jet on the 19th, which was initially judged to be Sukai-35.Photo: Flip through the Facebook of the Ukrainian Air Force Command
Russia’s aggression has suffered repeated setbacks and has been repeatedly counterattacked by Ukraine. The Air Force Command of the Ukrainian Armed Forces announced on the 19th that the Ukrainian Air Defense Forces shot down a Russian fighter jet near the southern city of Nova Kakhovka on the same day. The army damaged the Su-35 for the second time in this war. The Su-35 is one of Russia’s most advanced elite fighters, second only to the stealth fighter Su-57, with a unit price of US$50 million (regarding NT$1.5 billion).
The Ukrainian Air Force Command mentioned in the Facebook Po post that the attack plane that the fighter jet tried to attack the Ukrainian Armed Forces Air Force was visually confirmed to be shot down, and the pilot ejected it. The preliminary study concluded that the Su-35 was destroyed. The second Russian Su-35 elite fighter jet was shot down since the start of the war. In addition, the Ukrainian armed forces also shot down five Russian drones during the day, with fruitful results.
It is understood that the Russian SU-35 is said to be more advanced than the US F-15E and F16C, and is second only to the SU-57 stealth fighter, with a unit price of 50 million US dollars. However, Russia has aggressively invaded Ukraine with its superior military power, but it has not been able to control Ukraine’s air supremacy since the start of the war. Many fighter planes have been shot down one following another. Previously, a SU-35 was hit and crashed by the Ukrainian air defense system.
The Ukrainian Armed Staff Headquarters said on April 4 that a Russian Su-35S fighter jet was shot down by Ukrainian ground air defense systems in the Izium area near the second largest city Kharkov on April 3. There are reports that the pilots ejected successfully and were captured following landing, and photos of the pilots being bound and kneeling have been circulated on the Internet. The Su-35S fighter is an upgraded version of the Su-35, which belongs to the fourth and a half generations of the Russian Air Force. The Su-35S fighter has a combat radius of 3,400 kilometers and can carry up to 12 missiles or bombs.