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The United Press Center for the Tavria group reports that another Su-25 has been shot down. This time near Avdiivka. (files.catbox.moe)
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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

This is new

The fifth enemy Su-25 attack aircraft was shot down in 10 days

Source: https://t.me/otarnavskiy/288

Brigadier General. Oleksandr Tarnavskyi, commander of the operational and strategic group of troops "Tavria".

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I wonder what the reason for the increase is? Are they attempting more flights and so there's greater opportunity to shoot them down? Or are UA forces getting better at shooting them down?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Oleksandr Shtupun, spokesperson for Ukraine’s joint forces south, told the UNIAN news agency that intensifying Russian operation of sub-sonic Su-25s close to front lines in support of Kremlin ground troop assaults has increasingly brought the single-seat aircraft into the range of shorter-ranged Ukrainian ground-based air defense systems that are able to shoot them down.

https://www.kyivpost.com/post/22962