Russian Air Force aircraft shot down by Ukrainian forces on the 5th (local time). Ukrainian Army General Staff Twitter
On the 5th (local time), there was a tally that Russia lost the most aircraft over Ukraine. Ten Russian planes were shot down around the 5th. It is the biggest loss since the start of the war on the 24th of last month. [Photo] A MiG-29 fighter jet taken over Ukraine The Ukrainian Army General Staff announced on the 6th that it shot down 10 Russian planes on the 5th. The Ukrainian military also released a related photo. By aircraft type, five fighters, including one Su-30 Flanker C multirole fighter, two Su-34 fullback long-range fighter-bombers, two Su-25 Frogfoot attack aircraft, and a Mi-8 hip transport. Four helicopters, two helicopters and two Mi-24 Hind-series attack helicopters. The Ukrainian Army General Staff also announced that a Russian drone Orlan-10 also crashed around the 5th. Such claims by the Ukrainian side were verified by Orix and other private military experts and confirmed to be actual military results. A video of former Ukrainian President Poroshenko meeting and interviewing a Ukrainian soldier who shot down a Russian Su-30 fighter was also released on social media. The soldier reportedly shot down a Russian fighter jet with a Russian-made Igla portable anti-aircraft missile. Yesterday's situation shows Russia's lack of air superiority over Ukraine. Ukraine evaded Russian attacks early in the war, hiding fighter planes and air defense missiles. Ryu Seong-yup, a researcher at the 21st Century Military Research Institute, said, "Ukraine is responding effectively to Russia by sending fighters within range of air defense missiles." has been damaged by portable surface-to-air missiles from the West, apparently because Russia has not secured the precision-guided weapons it had exhausted in the early stages.” On the other hand, the supply situation in Russia is not believed to have improved. It was confirmed that Russia was protecting support vehicles such as supplies and engineers with logs. There are increasing cases of Ukrainian attacks on supply formations behind the front lines. An egg box was found in a bag outside a Russian tank destroyed by Ukraine. This space is where the composite armor filler enters. Composite armor is armor made of non-metallic composite materials such as ceramics. Russia bolsters its tanks' defenses by attaching composite armor bags to areas of weaker armor. It is believed that Russian tank crews, who were short on food, kept eggs they stole from Ukrainian supermarkets. On the other hand, some western netizens commented, "Shopping bag armor."
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