IANS | 23 Feb, 2024
Ukrainian Air Force Commander Mykola Oleschuk has said that the
Ukrainian military shot down another Russian A-50 surveillance aircraft.
"I am grateful to the Main Intelligence Directorate of the
Ukrainian Defense Ministry and all those who ensured the result,"
Oleschuk said in a Telegram post on Friday.
The Ukrainian forces continue their work, Oleschuk added.
The
Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry said in
a statement that the plane lost speed and height near the city of Yeysk
in Russia's southern Krasnodar region, Xinhua news agency reported.
Russia
used the plane as an air command post for long-range radar detection,
control and guidance for strikes on Ukraine with missiles from strategic
aviation, the intelligence said.
It estimated the aircraft's value at $350 million.
Last
month, Valery Zaluzhny, then a chief commander of the armed forces of
Ukraine, said the Ukrainian air force had destroyed a Russian A-50 plane
in an area close to the Sea of Azov.
