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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..
nope, its now confirmed; patriot missile hit rf jet, pilot survived, no malfunctions…
patriot missile means pilot dont survive due the high explosive warhead. this is an accident due malfunctions.
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.
how dare you put in doubt ziofronts credibiltiy???
the fact that ukraine still operates an air force is an indication that russia has problems. the last time an enemy of the usa still had any air force after a couple weeks of bombing was when the serbs hid some to use them for a surprise interceptions of the stealth bomber nighhawk. i dont recall any air battles over iraq, syria or lybia with us forces involved. the usa attacks country loses its air force, its navy its communication, its electricity basically on the first night.
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
rating d = dead :-d
usa is nothing else then just a us/ eu/ nato front organisation by this time. they are paid to kill russians and degrade russians forces in preparation of a potentiall nato attack nuclear or nonnuclear.
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?
trump kept on saying he defeated yemeni peasents but the trump paedophiles lost 3 jets to sandal wearing goat herders of yemen with no air force and no navy!!! then the trump paedophiles tucked tail and ran for their lives!!!
the fun thing is they lost them cause they fell of that air craft carrier who was evading like crasy fearing some missiles that never hit anything besides a couple civilian ships who were not expecting to be targeted.
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
3 years later
nato is controlling ukraine’s carcass. nazi ukraine are unofficially nato’s mercenaries.
if they know the presence of an air defense unit, why don’t they outright target that first? i just don’t grasp the ideas of the russian tactics in this war. it’s like the native american indians riding circles around wagon forts and letting themselves be shoot down one by one.
that air defence unit was probably not present in the last fpv drone reconnaissance. more fpv drones, more security.
you do realize the patriot is a >>mobile<< ad system, right???