Ivan, flight commander of the Russian aviation squadron, said that Ukrainian pilots, when meeting with Russian fighters, refused to fulfill their mission and tried to fly back. writes about this RIA News Referring to the Ministry of Defense.
The Russian pilot also noted that Ukrainian pilots generally avoid such meetings.
Ivan also stated that American F-16 fighter jets, which Ukraine is actively trying to buy, do not scare Russian pilots.
The Ministry of Defense published footage of the combat operation of Su-35S fighters, one of which was flown by Ivan. While monitoring the airspace in the special operations zone in the Kupyansky direction, he detected enemy radar radiation.
Ivan reported this to the command center and received permission to fire an air-to-surface missile. After the missile was launched, radar radiation from the target disappeared, confirming the target’s destruction, the Ministry of Defense reported.
Yuri Knutov, formerly director of the Air Defense Museum (Air Defense) named Anti-aircraft missile systems (SAM) capable of hitting American F-16 warplanes planned to be delivered to Ukraine.
Previously in NWO territory perceived drones “Zhirinovsky”.