Russia and Ukraine flashpoint

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Ryuu96 said:

Russian channels already claiming it was an F-16 that shot down the Russian fighter jet 🙃

"Our Su-34 was shot down. The crew was killed. The airplane was shot down while dropping glide bombs, about 50 km from the front line. Our Su-34 was shot down apparently by an F-16, which… pic.twitter.com/90rBbKCUi3

— NOELREPORTS 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 (@NOELreports) October 12, 2024

Hmm...Grain of salt, I don't believe the F16's which Ukraine has, have the missiles required to shoot down F-34s without getting into dangerously close range. Unless Ukraine has stuff which we don't know about or just took a big risk.

Would be funny, as the Su-34 is more modern than the F-16 and these are brand new pilots to the F-16.

first blood!