Russia Says It Destroys 5 Ukrainian SU-27 Jet Fighters as Moscow Aims at F-16 Arrivals

Published on July 2, 2024

MOSCOW—Russia claimed on Tuesday it had destroyed five Ukrainian SU-27 fighter jets with Iskander-M missiles and damaged two more at the Myrhorod airfield in Ukraine’s central Poltava region. Ukraine claimed there had been a strike at the airfield but that Russia was exaggerating the damage caused. Ukraine did not detail exactly what had been damaged. Russia’s defence ministry published footage of the attack which showed smoke and flames rising from an airfield. It did not say when it took place. “As a result of the Russian strike, five active SU-27 multi-purpose fighters were destroyed and two were damaged,” the ministry said....

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