Another Russian #AWACS aircraft shot down — likely friendly fire or Ukrainian S-300 missile

The first video shows the €330 million A-50U desperately trying to evade the attacks and firing from heat traps, but still being overtaken by anti-aircraft missiles. Other videos show burning wreckage.

Ukrainian military intelligence claims to be behind the downing. As the plane was shot down in Trudovaya Armenia (Krasnodar region) more than 220 km behind the front line, and is therefore outside the range of Patriot, it can be assumed that it was Russian shelling.

There are also current reports of an Il-22 allegedly being shot down, a situation similar to that on 15 January.

PS. This is a major loss for Russia as it is one of the few functioning AWACS they had since Soviet time and never designed or built new ones since 1990s.

Video shared on telegram channel:
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A Russian A-50 AWACS aircraft crashed between the Sea of Azov and Berdyansk (Zaporizhzhia region). Russia claims it was shot by Russian air defense by mistake but Ukraine claims responsibility for it.

If it was a case of Ukrainian fire, then at a distance of around 180 km S-200, S-300 (with Russian missiles) or MIM-104 Patriot with PAC-2 would be possible. However, all of these systems would then have to be located very close to the front - which would be risky.

Russia only has up to 8 of these €300 million aircraft, which are used to coordinate air combat, missile attacks and the suppression of Ukrainian air defenses. A video is supposed to show the last flight of this machine.

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