There were 10 occupiers in the Russian A-50U long-range radar detection aircraft shot down on February 23.
Ukrainian Pravda reported this with reference to sources in the Main Intelligence Directorate.
As the publication’s interlocutors said, all 10 Russians who were on the plane died. Among them — five majors, three captains, an ensign and a lieutenant.
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It is known that the military transport aviation of the Russian Federation has seven long-range radar detection aircraft.
It is indicated that there were no casualties on the ground from the plane crash.
DLRV A-50U shot down on February 23: what is known
As reported by the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense, the Russian A-50U aircraft was shot down on February 23 over the Sea of Azov as a result of a joint operation by the Main Intelligence Directorate and the Air Force of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Destroyed A-50U — new modernized Russian version of the aircraft.
A-50U is an air command post that the Russian Federation used for long-range radar detection, control and guidance for strikes on Ukraine with missiles from strategic aviation.
