The head of the Ukrainian defense, Valery Zalunzhny, reports on Telegram that the Ukrainian air force has shot down two Russian planes over the Sea of Azov. – I am grateful that the air force planned and carried out the operation in the Sea of Azov perfectly, he writes on Telegram. It must have happened on Sunday evening. The aircraft to be hit are a Berijev A-50 aircraft and an Ilyushin IL-22 aircraft. According to The Telegraph, a Berijev A-50 aircraft should be worth over NOK 3.5 billion. It is used to detect missiles or enemy aircraft, and can also be used as a command center in the air. Russia is said to have only had eight of this type of aircraft left before the incident on Sunday. Ukrainian media cite anonymous sources in the defense. Independent sources have not confirmed this. According to the Kyiv Post, the Berijev plane was shot down on Sunday evening over the Sea of Azov shortly after take-off, while the other had to make an emergency landing on the Russian side of the sea.
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