Three aircraft a day: Armed Forces set a record for the destruction of the Su-34, as the fighter jets managed

In February 2024, the Ukrainian military set a record for the destruction of Su-34 and SU-35 Su-35 in the eastern direction. The invaders lost more than ten such fighters, the last three fell on February 29. "The date that falls every four years but is already familiar to the Russians with the loss of the next plane. Minus Su-34 in the eastern direction,"-said the Commander of the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces Mykola Oleshchuk. Later, the commander added that at about 9.

00 in the Avdiivsky and Mariupol directions, two more Russian Su-34 were destroyed. The planes began to fall on February 17, when the Su-34 and one Su-35 fighters were hit on the Eastern Front of the Armed Forces. And after ten days, on February 27, the Russians lost two more Su-34 aircraft. Commander Oleshchuk advised to think about the termination of "aviation meat storms" for such losses of aviation. The Su-34 bomber is expensive equipment, its price reaches $ 50 million.

Equally important was the enthusiasm of the A-50 VCS of the Russian Federation (DLLL) of the Ukrainian Army. The first case of destruction occurred on February 14 above the Azov Sea, and the second - February 23 over the Krasnodar region. The basic cost of A-50-$ 330 million, and upgraded versions are much more expensive. Moscow argued that the destruction of the A-50 is the "Frendli-Fire" of Russian air defense units.

The loss of fighters of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation does not report. Professional training of Ukrainian military from air defense units became known to the world in the first days of the war. Additional technical means from the event have increased their effectiveness, but there are not enough of them in sufficient number, explains the focus former deputy chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, retired Lieutenant General Igor Romanenko.

We have to find their own capabilities, including C-200 complexes that have recently been modernized. "He is old and low -mobile, but shoots 250 kilometers. The standards of deployment and assembly time - up to 24 hours with rockets and fuel dressing. So successful hit is explained by the possible use front, " - says a military expert. According to Romanenko, the number of blows on Russian aircraft will continue to grow into quality.

It should be noted that in addition to the Soviet systems in the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces are Western missile systems of long range: Patriot, SAMP/T and Frankensam hybrid system. Open access has data on three Frankensam projects: with AIM-9M missiles on an unknown launcher, with AIM-7/RIM-7 missiles at the Buk Buk, as well as a mixture of Patriot Patriots and Patriots. How many rockets western partners have been issued to work on Russian aviation is unknown.

Former Anthonov Design Bureau Testing Engineer, Konstantin Krivolap, Avayaexpert in a conversation with focus, emphasizes on the exact place of plane crash. Only after this data can you prevail the actual placement and type of air defense installations. Patriot is 160 kilometers, and its radar sees 250 kilometers. To start the controlled aircraft at 70 kilometers, you need to rise into the air by 10 kilometers, then the bomb will fly the specified distance.

But Russian pilots reduce the height and fly closer to the collision line, says the specialist. The Russians have increased significantly the number of aircraft recently and no more than two bombs hang on one SU-34. If the number of shells increases, the ability to maneuver decreases and the plane becomes a slight target. The successful work of the C-200 complex, according to Krivolap, raises doubts because of his "Soviet stuffing".

Such technologies are very difficult to work on Su-34 and Su-35 fighters. "The C-200 version could appear so that they were not asked what they were beaten. A day of deployment of C-200 from the ambush near the front line? A 11-meter-long rocket and a meter in diameter weighing more than 7 tonnes by hand. This workflow seems unreal. The C-200 is a serious semi-stationary system, "-said the engineer. The all-seat double fighter-bomber Su-34 by NATO codification is called Fullback.

This is the approximate equivalent of the American F-15E Strike Eagle of a multi-purpose fighter developed in the 1980s. Based on open source information, Russia has produced more than 140 Su-34 aircraft, the first hundred released by 2016. The exact figures may know the military intelligence of Ukraine, as Moscow often specifically falsifies official data. After a full -scale war in Ukraine, at least 38 bombers were shot down in Ukrainian air defense.

The possibility of Su-34 includes strikes for air and ground purposes. The Optical System "Paraman" installed on board allows to produce "Air-Earth" missiles type X-29L, controlled bombs CAB-500L and CAC-1500L. Combat load: different weapons on the outer suspension weighing up to 8 thousand kilograms. The refueling in the air allows the bomber to perform tasks at a distance of up to 4000 kilometers.

For the first time, such aircraft were used in 2008 during an invasion of Georgia, as well as during the Civil War in Syria. The stated goals were "strikes on the IDIL camps". Recall that the Russian army began to use the latest Su-57 fighter jets in the east of Ukraine in the East of Ukraine. The plane carries on board the modern winged rocket X-69. The focus has already wrote about the number of combat aircraft in service with the Russians.