Commander Mykola Oleshchuk in the Ukrainian Air Force wrote on Telegram that they have shot down three Russian Su-34 bombers, reports Reuters. The shooting must have taken place in the Kherson region. Spokesperson for the air force, Jurij Ignat, called the incident a brilliantly planned operation. – We haven’t had the Su-34 in our statistics for a while, he said. He said that this is an aircraft type that is among Russia’s most modern for bombing and other attacks. The Russian military has not commented on the alleged shootings, but several Russian military bloggers have mentioned that one or more planes will be shot down. The Russian bombers to be shot down are of the Su-34 type. Photo: Vitaliy Timkiv / AP They believe they used missiles from the USA According to Reuters, the Russia-friendly website Eurasia Daily writes that the Ukrainian claim about the shooting down is credible. The Ukrainian aviation expert Valery Romanenko tells the Ukrainian radio channel NV that he believes Patriot missiles from the USA were used in the attack. – This was a situation where the Russians dropped up to 100 bombs in the south. Three flew together and were taken. They did not include in the calculation that the Patriot has a range of 160 kilometres, he says. In his daily video address, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy praised the air force of the Odesa region for shooting down the plane in the nearby Kherson region. Little progress It has been longer between the Ukrainian successes after a year ago it managed to take back territory Russia had occupied in the north-east and south. A counter-offensive was launched in the east and south in June, but there the progress has not been as great. But Zelenskyi has rejected a statement from army chief Valery Zaluzhnyi that the war has become a war of attrition, and that the strategy should be changed. Getting flights from the Netherlands Zelenskyj also said in his speech that he had spoken with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte about the delivery of F-16 aircraft to Ukraine and the approval of a new support package from the EU worth NOK 577 billion. – The Netherlands is ready to send the first F-16 fighters to Ukraine, he said. The Netherlands promised in August to send F-16 aircraft to Ukraine. On Friday they said they were ready to give the 18 the first flight. The picture is from August, when Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte inspected the plane together with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Photo: Peter Dejong / AP In August, Denmark and the Netherlands announced that they would donate up to 61 fighter jets after Ukrainian pilots had been trained. On Friday, the Dutch government said it was ready to deliver 18 of the promised planes.
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