Zaluzhnyi confirmed downing of Russian A-50 and Il-22 over the Sea of Azov
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Zaluzhnyi confirmed downing of Russian A-50 and Il-22 over the Sea of Azov

Valery Zaluzhnyi
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The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, General Valerii Zaluzhnyi, officially confirmed that the Air Force destroyed two Russian aircraft on the evening of January 14. A successful operation by the Air Force took place over the Sea of Azov.

Zaluzhnyi confirmed the downing of two Russian planes

AFU Commander-in-Chief Valerii Zaluzhnyi reported the downing of the Russian Air Fleet aircraft, which took place on January 14 in the Sea of Azov.

The servicemen of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed an enemy A-50 AWACS aircraft and an Il-22 enemy airborne command post.

The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine thanked the Air Force for the excellently planned and conducted operation in the Azov region.

The Air Force reported about downed enemy aircraft

The Air Force of the Armed Forces reported that the operation in Azov was successful. Air Force promised there would definitely "be continued".

"A revenge for Dnipro": The Air Force Commander made an important statement

The Air Force Commander Mykola Oleschuk hinted at the downed Russian warplanes yesterday.

This is for Dnipro! Burn in hell, inhumans! P.S. Yet no more details, he wrote.

Air Force Commander hints at the A-50 and Il-22 downing on January 14. This became a kind of revenge for the brutal shelling of the Dnipro by the Russian army, which took place on January 14, 2023. 46 civilians died, including six children. 80 people were injured. A Russian missile targeted an apartment building.

Ukraine attacked two Russian aircraft over the Sea of Azov

The Ukrainian Air Force shot down Russian A-50 and Il-22 over the Sea of Azov.

Ukrainian MP and deputy chairman of the Committee on National Security, Defense and Intelligence in the Verkhovna Rada Yurii Mysiagin reported this in Telegram.

Around 9:00 p.m., Ukrainian units fired at two aircraft of the Russian army, which were over the Sea of Azov, Mysyagin writes.

He implies the Russian A-50 AWACS aircraft and the IL-22 bomber.

The A-50 shot down and the IL-22 was shot down, but it [IL-22] was in the air and tried to reach the nearest airfield, but it disappeared from the radar after the begging of descent in the Kerch area, Mysiagin said.

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