Incidents

"The liquidation of the invaders continues continuously": the Armed Forces was destroyed by Su-34 in the Kursk region

The Russian fighter-Bomber managed to knock down the Armed Forces Air Force forces and means. On the night of August 13 to 14, the Defense Forces of Ukraine in the territory of Kursk region destroyed the Russian Su-34 aircraft. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

"Tonight in the territory of the Kursk region (RF), during the performance of a combat mission, forces and means of anti-aircraft missile troops of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, a Russian fighter-bomber of SU-34 was destroyed,"-the message reads. The General Staff added that the work on the elimination of occupiers, their equipment and weapons "continues". Su-34 is the Russian modernization of the Su-27 fighter. The aircraft has been in serial production since 2008.

It was created to replace the Su-24 bomber. The development of the SU-34 began in the USSR and continued in independent Russia. Su-34 was adopted by the Russian Air Force forces of the Russian Federation in 2014. According to GUR, the Russian Federation has more than 100 SU-34. For Ukraine, the main threat from the Su-34 is the airbag. The Russians were able to improve the Soviet inaccurate bombs by integrating the module of glider and correction (UMPC).