In the evening of February 23, the Air Force shot down the second A-50 long-range radar detection aircraft.
This was announced by the commander of the Air Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Lieutenant General Mykola Oleschuk.
"Thank you to the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the MOU and everyone who ensured the result," wrote Oleschuk.
Currently, this is the third loss of an A-50. Before that, a similar aircraft was disabled by Belarusian partisans at the Machulyshchi air base in February 2023, and on January 14, 2024, the Air Force shot down the A-50 and Il-22 aircraft.
- The A-50 is a Russian long-range radar detection and control aircraft, thanks to which Russia directs the attacks of its strike aircraft and detects Ukrainian aircraft in the sky.