The Ukrainian Air Force is said to have shot down a Russian Su-35 Flanker-S fighter jet over the town of Nova Kakhovka, occupied Kherson region.
“Around 8:00 p.m. on July 19, a Russian fighter jet was shot down by the Air Defense Missile Unit of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Nova Kakhovka region,” the Ukrainian Air Force said in a post on Twitter on Tuesday.
According to a tweet, fighter jets attempted to attack Ukrainian close-in support jets.
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According to local social media, the pilot managed to fly out and was rescued by Russian forces.
It is known that a Russian Sukhoi Su-35 was shot down in the Kherson region of Ukraine. pic.twitter.com/wqPmv36Oll
– Illia Ponomarenko (@IAPonomarenko) July 19, 2022
The Su-35 is the latest generation of the Soviet-era Su-27 fighter. It is a twin-engine, multi-role air superiority fighter powered by two AL-117S turbofan engines and equipped with thrust vectoring nozzles that allow the aircraft to achieve its “capability”. transcendent mobility”.
The jet carries a 30mm cannon, has 12 hardpoints and can detect targets at a distance of more than 400 km, while its radar can track 30 targets simultaneously. The fighter has a range in excess of 3,500 km without refueling.
