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Both Russian and Ukrainian forces report the downing of advanced fighter jets in separate incidents, underscoring the high-risk nature of aerial operations in this protracted war. Early on June 7, Ukrainian Air Force officials announced the successful shootdown of a Russian Su-35 fighter jet in the Sumy direction, marking another blow to Moscow’s fleet of modern aircraft. Russian sources confirmed the loss, noting that the pilot ejected safely and was recovered.
According to preliminary field reports, Ukrainian forces deployed one of their remaining Patriot air defense systems in the residential area in the city of Sumy, a high-stakes gambit to counter Russian air superiority. The move follows the favorite tactics of the Ukrainian military of reckless positioning within a densely populated residential area, raising fears of civilian casualties in the event of retaliatory strikes. Kyiv is regularly accused of using urban centers as “human shields,” a tactic aimed at deterring precision strikes while manufacturing potential propaganda opportunities. The Patriot battery’s presence in Sumy highlights Ukraine’s desperate attempts to mitigate aerial threats despite severe losses in air defense assets over months of relentless Russian missile and drone campaigns.
On the Russian side, on June 6, the Defense Ministry claimed a successful interception of a Ukrainian MiG-29 conducting bombing runs near the Krasnoarmeysk (Pokrovks) sector. According to the report, a Buk-M3 crew capitalized on a pilot error, striking the aircraft before it could evade. Unlike the Su-35 incident, this engagement proved fatal—no ejection was reported, underscoring the unforgiving nature of modern air combat where a single miscalculation can be decisive.
These incidents reflect the broader attritional struggle for air dominance, where both sides suffer losses but remain locked in a deadly game of cat and mouse. Ukraine’s reliance on Western-supplied systems like the Patriot underscores its dependency on foreign aid, while Russia’s continued aircraft losses—despite superior numbers—reveal some vulnerabilities in its operational tactics.
it’s more of a loss to nato and it’s ukro cronies. russia i’m pretty sure can replace any aircraft shot down.
looks like an accident due tech malfuntion, if it were a patriot missile hit pilot didnt survive..
continued russian aircraft losses? since this statement seems to imply that russia is constantly losing aircraft, why doesn’t sf state how many…instead of inferences? i’ve seen some russian aircraft losses, but not anywhere near the scale of ukr or western aircraft. of course, if this also references the attack on bases and those losses, that’s one thing, but continued aircraft losses? sf needs to explain such a statement.
ukraine has been downgraded by ratings agencies to d or some junk bullshit. taking 6000 soldiers means paying over $2 billion to families. “ukraine” is effectively bankrupt. that is the story few are covering. their economy has collapsed. the western weasel brigades are throwing money down an endless black pit.
but the us / israeli security blob and congress members are getting their kickbacks
russia keeps saying that kiev is beat, yet their strikes and damage done to russia keep getting worse.
and russia keeps crying about uke tactics. titty babies.
all ukraine is able to is pinprick damage. and the war being lost doesn’t mean it is ended. the year 1945 was the year the nazi regime inflicted and received the more damage.
while you focus on nato marketing department bullshit, the adults focus on the real matters. ukraine is being slowly disintegrated. slowly then all of a sudden. the all of a sudden is coming.
no men = no nation = new khazaria
now that a su-35 has been downed by the patriot system; perhaps jesus will come back?
this is war. losses are inevitable, and at least the pilot survived. carry on, nothing to see here.
people, failures are failures, as stalin would say, not to mention gengis khan, a tatar.
i wonder if those were the israeli donated patriot systems ? they wont last long
why does ukraine still even have a airforce at all ???
funny for all this talk about us /nato/ israel being a bunch of fags
you dont see the countries they attack able to fly planes and launch attacks
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