Footage Allegedly Shows Russian Warplane Plunging To Ground In Fireball After Ukrainians Shoot It With Missile
This footage purports to show a Russian warplane plunging to the ground in a fireball after Ukrainian forces shot it with a missile.
The first video of the incident was posted by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) to social media yesterday (Sunday, 6th March).
The SBU wrote alongside the video: “You can forever watch the fire, the water and how the downed Russian plane falls…
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“Until the end of the war, we make only these kinds of fireworks in the sky!
“#STAND #StopOccupiers #StopRussia”
The second video of the incident was posted by the National Guard of Ukraine to social media, also yesterday, alongside the text: “Kharkiv.
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“At approximately 6.15pm, an enemy Su-25 fighter was shot down by a unit of the National Guard of Ukraine from a portable anti-aircraft missile system near the KhAZ [Kharkiv State Aircraft Manufacturing Company]. The pilot of the enemy vehicle did not have time to eject and died on the spot. The plane crashed near Kulynychi [suburb of Kharkiv].
“Let’s continue to work to destroy the remaining fans of bombing our city!”
Moscow claims that 498 of its soldiers have been killed in what President Vladimir Putin has dubbed a “special military operation”.
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Kyiv, however, says the Russian military has suffered over 11,000 casualties in its invasion of Ukraine.
Kharkiv is Ukraine’s second-largest city and it has faced intense aerial bombardment from Russian forces in recent days.