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  • The Ukrainian airforce says it shot down four Russian fighter jets this weekend.
  • On Saturday, the Ukraine airforce chief said two Su-34 and one Su-35 fighter jets were downed.
  • Another Russian Su-34 fighter-bomber was destroyed, on Sunday.
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[–] [email protected] 25 points 7 months ago (9 children)

Not really great news when you just lost a strategic town. I feel they are reporting every single kill, even the most minor ones, while underreporting the general state of things at a bigger level.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 7 months ago (5 children)

Any single plane shot down isnt small. And they allegedly shot down 4. Not just that, pilots may also be lost, which is just as if not even worse of a loss for russia.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago (2 children)

At this point, I wouldn't be surprised if the pilots they are putting in fighters aren't experienced fighter pilots. Using Russia's thinking, I would be retaining my experienced pilots to train non-military pilots how to get into a fighter, fly it and attack with it. Then when they are all dead, use my experienced pilots.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

I read (sorry dont have a source) that russian fighter pilots fly commercial just to get flight hours, cause they dont get enough from the military. So uh... maybe a lot of them just didnt and maybe still dont have much experience at all. Or maybe they do now... those who still survive.

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