During the illegal and brutal invasion of the territory of Ukraine, the Russian army suffered considerable losses among both personnel and military equipment.
It should be noted that the Ukrainian Armed Forces destroyed many fighter planes and bombers of the Russian Aerospace Forces. But it is precisely the planes that Russia boasts of, assuring that some have no analogues in the world.
So, our pilots shot down quite a few Su-30 fighters over Ukrainian soil. ICTV Facts collected information on where and how many Su-30s the Russian enemy lost.
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Su-30SM price and what kind of aircraft
Su-30SM is a Russian multi-role fighter of the fourth generation. Designed for gaining advantage in the air, long-range patrol, escort of long-range aircraft, radar surveillance, guidance and control.
It should be noted that the price of the Su-30 fluctuates around $33 million.
Su-30SM – weapons
The Su-30SM can carry up to six medium-range guided air-to-air missiles. During the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Russian Federation used the Su-30SM to launch Kh-31P and Kh-58 anti-radar missiles.
Su-30SM — how many shot down in Ukraine
Su-30SM– Russian multi-role fighter of the fourth generation. Designed for gaining advantage in the air, long-range patrol, escort of long-range aircraft, radar surveillance, guidance and control.
It should be noted that the price of the Su-30 fluctuates around $33 million.
February 26 2022, in the Black Sea, an anti-aircraft missile unit of the Ukrainian Air Force destroyed a Russian Su-30 SM fighter. Later, Ukrainian air defense shot down two more enemy Su-30 aircraft.
February 28 2022, five fighter jets of the Russian invaders were shot down — these are Su-30 and Su-35.
March 1 2022 in the Kiev region, military personnel of the National Guard of Ukraine, together with the Ukrainian Armed Forces, destroyed a Russian Su-30 aircraft.
March 3 2022 in the sky over Irpen, Kyiv region, Ukrainian air defense shot down an enemy Su-30.
March 5 2022, near the village of Schastlivoe in the Nikolaev region, a Su-30SM of Ukrainian air defense was shot down. The plane was hit by a missile from a Buk M-1 air defense system. The pilot, who ejected, was later found and captured. On the same day, it became known about another Su-30SM fighter shot down in the Odessa region, which fell into the sea near Odessa.
On the morning of March 13 2022, the Ukrainian military shot down another aircraft of the Russian invaders Su-30SM with tail number RF-81771 over the city of Izyum, which Kharkov region.
March 15 2022 The Ukrainian Armed Forces shot down another enemy Su-30SM aircraft near Kharkov by a crew of the Buk air defense system.
On March 16 2022, two Su-30SM fighters of the Russian invaders fell into the Black Sea after shooting down the Ukrainian Armed Forces. A pair of fighters tried to attack one of the villages in the Odessa region.
April 18 2022 Su-30 was shot down by forces and means of a unit of the Air Force of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, according to the General Staff report, but without specifying the location of the crash .
May 5 2022 Su-30SM was shot down in the Eastern direction by an anti-aircraft missile unit of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Ukrainian airspace.
A August 9 2022 at least five Su-24M/Su-24MR and five Su-30SM were destroyed as a result of a Ukrainian Armed Forces strike on Novofedorivka airfield in temporarily occupied Crimea.
August 18 2022, the Ukrainian military shot down a plane that was making a combat sortie in the Kharkov region. Then the Su-30SM fighter with tail number RF81771 came under attack from the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
September 7 2022, a Russian Su-30SM aircraft was shot down by the Ukrainian army from MANPADS over Volokhov Yar, Kharkov region. According to the Russian side, the plane crashed, but the pilot was evacuated.
September 12 2022, the wreckage of a downed Russian Su-30SM fighter was found in the Kharkov region. The aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces had tail number RF-81773/Red 62.
September 24 2022, Ukrainian air defense units destroyed four Russian aircraft, including two Su-30s.
December 24 2023, an enemy Su-30SM fighter was shot down in airspace over the Black Sea.
