Putin’s 10 days of HELL as Ukraine shoots down $870 million worth of warplanes, including a $300 million flying fortress and 10 fighter jets
Putin suffered ten days of pure hell after Ukraine destroyed $870 million worth of Russian warplanes.
Heroic Ukraine has delivered blow after blow, downing ten of Moscow’s fighter jets and even shooting out a $300 million spy plane. skj.
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A chilling image shows one of the two Su-34 fighter-bombers shot down today erupting into a fireball, which together cost $100 million (£79 million) Russia‘s military budget.
The feared Su-34s, which cost $50 million (£39 million) each, are the Russian air force’s best attack aircraft and their destruction is a devastating setback for Putin.
They join another eight fighter jets destroyed by Ukraine in the past 10 days following a rapid succession of successful strikes.
Six of these were Russia’s beloved Su-34s and the other two were Sukhoi Su-35s with a combined value of $170 million (£134 million).
The supersonic Su-35s are air superiority fighters designed to escort launched Su-34s with guided missiles and defend them against attackers.
The Su-35s rocket through the air at blistering speeds of 2,400 km/h and have a 30mm cannon that can fire as many as 1,800 rounds per minute.
Recently, the Su-34s have been flying close-air support missions, flying high and fast to the front line and firing KAB precision glide bombs up to 25 miles away.
And on February 24, Putin suffered another devastating blow Ukraine claimed to have shot down a $300 million (£236 million) spy plane.
The Russian A-50 reconnaissance aircraft is a state-of-the-art flying fortress designed to detect air defenses and coordinate targets for Russian fighter jets.
The loss of this crucial asset brings the total cost of the wave of recent attacks in Ukraine to as much as $870 million.
Shocking footage emerged showing the Russian A-50 ‘Mainstay’ aircraft being shot out of the sky in a ball of fire.
Russia originally claimed it was friendly fire, but Ukraine has since claimed they hit the plane with an updated Soviet-era S-200 missile.
The right wing was blown off the reconnaissance plane by the strike, sending it into a death spiral over the Sea of Azov.
Ten crew members are said to have been found dead at the crash site in Russia’s Krasnodar region.
It is the same region where the dictator’s official Black Sea residence and £1 billion private palace are located.
And on February 17, dramatically Images show how another Russian jet – believed to be a Su-34 – was shot down and shatter into pieces.
The chilling video purported to show Putin’s plane falling to the ground after being brutally disabled by a savage Ukrainian missile attack.
Ukrainian sources say the video shows the Su-34 crashing violently near the village of Dyakove in Ukraine’s Luhansk region.
After the explosion, all that was visible was a large cloud of thick, black smoke.
It followed further claims by Kiev on February 17 that Ukraine had shot down a further three Russian fighter jets – two Su-34s and one Su-35 – over the Donetsk region.
Ukrainian Air Force spokesman Yurii Ihnat said on February 20 that Russia had sent fewer planes into the air after the recent abuses.
According to Kiev’s military, Moscow has so far lost 340 aircraft since Russia launched its brutal invasion.
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