Russia shot down one of its own aircraft during combat operations in Ukraine. The major error, which has not yet been confirmed, was reported by the British secret services. “Russia’s air defenses most likely shot down one of its fighter jets last week,” we read in the UK’s latest intelligence bulletin on the war.
The accident occurred near Tokmak in the Zaporizhzhia region, about twenty kilometers from the Ukrainian front line, as can be seen from the map below. And this is “one of the most advanced jets” available to Moscow, which has lost nearly 90 aircraft since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began on February 24, according to the assessment published on the social network.
“This location is important because Tokmak is a heavily fortified position that often hosts Russian headquarters commanding one of the most contested sectors of the front line,” he explains, “highlighting how these commands would normally be protected by air defense systems at short and medium range.” .
All eyes on Crimea and the Black Sea: latest news
Meanwhile, it seems that the ships of the Russian navy did not pass through Cape Tarkhankut on the Crimean coast. This was claimed today by Natalia Humeniuk, the spokesperson of the Ukrainian defense forces on the southern front. Recalling that the Russian navy managed to approach the Odessa coast from a distance in the first days of the occupation, Humeniuk said, “The front line at sea was pushed back at least 100 nautical miles (185 km) from the Ukrainian coast.” from an artillery shot.
“Right now – declared as quoted by the newspaper Ukrainian Pravda – Ships and boats of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Federation do not sail in the direction of Ukrainian territorial waters. Sometimes they appear close to the Crimean coast, but they do not come closer. They do not dare to go beyond Cape Tarkhankut,” the spokesman added, referring to the western tip of Crimea.
And the men of the Stuhna and Bratstvo special forces of the Ukrainian Defense Intelligence (Gur) units landed on the peninsula. Gur himself wrote this on Telegram. “Special forces of the Gur commando landed in occupied Crimea and defeated Putin’s invaders,” Gur assures.
Meanwhile, Ukraine’s attack continues with drones outside national borders: The Russian Ministry of Defense announced that dozens of drones attacked three Russian regions overnight. 31 drones were reportedly shot down in what Moscow described as a “terrorist attack”, the state news agency reported Tax. The Russian Ministry of Defense said, “31 unmanned aerial vehicles were shot down over Belgorod, Bryansk and Kursk overnight.” Bryansk Governor Alexander Bogomaz said in a statement on Telegram, “Ukrainian forces dropped cluster bombs on four regions in the border region with Ukraine, causing damage but no casualties.”
Death estimate (according to Ukrainians)
In the latest bulletin of the Ukrainian General Staff, it is stated that nearly 280 thousand Russian soldiers were killed. According to Kiev estimates, the number of enemy soldiers reached 279,890 yesterday, of which 450 were killed. The daily bulletin also reports that 13 tanks, 18 armored vehicles and 47 artillery systems belonging to the Russian army were destroyed.
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