Putin faces £601m war plane blitz: Ukraine downs 10 Russian warplanes in 10 days including seven £39m bombers, two £34m jets and £260m spy plane in major blow to Moscow
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Putin faces £601m war plane blitz: Ukraine downs 10 Russian warplanes in 10 days including seven £39m bombers, two £34m jets and £260m spy plane in major blow to Moscow
by dailymail
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Vladimir [Putin](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/vladimir_putin/index.html)’s air force has been blitzed by Ukraine over the past ten days – with ten of its warplanes worth a total of £601 million reportedly wiped out in an embarrassing setback for the invaders.
As it announced that two of Russia’s Su-34 fighter-bombers had been blasted out of the sky yesterday, Ukraine’s defence ministry boasted that it had eliminated ten enemy planes in as many days – a rate of loss that Russia’s air force cannot sustain.
The loss of the bombers will have set Putin’s army back millions, with each worth £39m ($50m). Other planes Kyiv claims to have taken out this month include two SU-35 jets, costing £34m ($43m) each, and an A-50U AWACS reconnaissance plane – which intel suggests cost Russia £260m ($330m).
The strikes will be a welcome success for Kyiv, but come at a difficult time, with Russia advancing and recently claiming its first major victory since May in Avdiivka after months of bitter fighting.
Ukraine’s weapons supplies have also been choked, with shortages of munitions including its crucial 90-mile-range, US-made Patriot air-defense missiles – making it even more important that the Ukrainian forces hit their targets.
10 millions oil barrels ~ few day of export(
I’m waiting for the defenestrations to begin 😂😂😂😂😂😂
he’s emptying the country’s retirement fund to pay for the war.
Any estimates out there on how many they have?
Jokes on Ukraine, all of those aircraft were actually carrying POW’s
Are these visually confirmed?
This is essentially the same as russia saying they destroyed another himars. There’s not a single shred of evidence for this yet this subreddit believes this claim blindly.
Rack’em up and knock them down…
Eat shit Putin
I wouldn’t call the A-50 a spy plane that would be something like the Tu-214R right?
Every single plane downed is one less missile platform for attacking Ukrainian civilians and with sanctions biting it becomes more and more difficult to replace.
Crews are more valuable than airframes. That’s what will hurt them more.
What is with the bursts of light seemingly given off by the missile tracking the a50? Do we know what type of missile it was?
For the A-50…British Ministry of Defense told it was destroy by Russia..friendly fire. It was quite far away for Patriot.
Don’t crucify me but how many of these have solid proof?