Ukraine downs ‘Russian spy airplane’ as remembrance service takes place
- The lack of the £260 million plane may imply Russia solely has seven left
Ukraine has allegedly shot down a Russian spy airplane over the Azov sea whereas households of servicemen killed by Putin‘s forces gathered for a remembrance service.
The Ukrainian navy mentioned it destroyed a Russian A-50 surveillance plane on Friday and shared a map showing to indicate it had crashed over southern Russia.
Shocking movies of flames bursting into the sky have been shared on social media following the crash, whereas one other video exhibits civilians looking out the wreckage.
Ukrainian Air Force Commander Mykola Oleshchuk wrote on the Telegram messaging app: ‘The A-50 with the decision signal “Bayan” has flown its final!’
Interfax Ukraine information company quoted navy sources as saying the A-50 was downed over Russian territory, between the cities of Rostov-on-Don and Krasnodar.
The Ukrainian navy mentioned it destroyed a Russian A-50 surveillance plane (pictured) on Friday and shared a map showing to indicate it had crashed over southern Russia
Videos on social media confirmed a number of flashes of sunshine on a darkish night time sky
Shocking movies of flames bursting into the sky have been shared on social media following the crash in what seemed to be a rural space
It mentioned the operation was carried out by the air pressure and the intelligence directorate.
It is second time in slightly greater than a month that Ukraine has reported downing the delicate spy airplane.
The information of the crash comes as residents and households of Ukrainian servicemen who have been killed in the course of the Russia-Ukraine struggle participate in a ceremony to honor their reminiscence because it nears the second anniversary.
The ceremony is happening on the Field of Mars at Lychakiv Cemetery in Lviv.
Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and her husband Bo Tengberg paid their respects together with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
At the commemoration ceremony, crowds prayed for Ukrainian troopers who died within the struggle over two years and lit candles on their graves.
Attendees additionally watched as ‘rays of remembrance’ have been lit into the sky as an indication of respect.
A Ukrainian civic group mentioned in November 2023 that it had confirmed the deaths of practically 25,000 Ukrainian troopers for the reason that struggle started through the use of open supply intelligence, however put the overall toll at greater than 30,000.
Citizens and households of Ukrainian servicemen who have been killed in the course of the Russia-Ukraine struggle participate in a ceremony on the Field of Mars at Lychakiv Cemetery in Lviv
Denmark’s Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and her husband Bo Tengberg (entre) paid their respects together with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (left)
Around 30,000 Ukrainian troopers are believed to have died in the course of the struggle
Attendees additionally watched as ‘rays of remembrance’ have been lit into the sky as an indication of respect
The fallen troopers have been honoured within the ceremony as candles have been lain beside their footage
At the commemoration ceremony, crowds prayed for Ukrainian troopers who died within the struggle over two years and lit candles on their graves
Following the destruction of the A-50 spy airplane, Moscow made no official remark, however authorities in Russia’s southern Krasnodar area mentioned hearth crews have been on the scene of an air crash, with out elaborating.
Russian information businesses mentioned that fragments of an plane have been present in marshland in Kanevskoy district and firefighters extinguished a blaze however made no reference to the A-50.
The Krasnodar regional authorities mentioned firefighting items have been responding to a blaze ‘of about 250 sq. metres’ and that no native homes have been in danger.
It mentioned ‘two plane’ had been concerned within the incident, however didn’t specify what they have been.
Neither MailOnline nor the AFP press company have been capable of instantly confirm the character of the crash or which plane was destroyed.
Videos on social media confirmed a number of flashes of sunshine on a darkish night time sky, adopted by one other displaying a big blaze in what seemed to be a rural space.
After the spy airplane got here down, Ukrainian Air Force Commander Mykola Oleshchuk (pictured) wrote on the Telegram messaging app: ‘The A-50 with the decision signal “Bayan” has flown its final!’
One video on social media appeared to indicate civilians looking out the wreckage
The Sea of Azov lies between Russia and Ukraine, however Moscow controls its complete coast
The A-50, which first got here into service close to the top of the Soviet period, is a big airborne early warning and management plane that may scan a number of hundred kilometres for enemy plane, ships and missiles.
This most up-to-date destruction will come as a blow to the Kremlin because the head of Ukraine’s navy intelligence directorate instructed the Financial Times a month in the past that Russia solely had eight A-50s left at the moment.
The A-50, price £260 million, is a Russian equal to the AWACS (Airborne warning and management system) airplane utilized by NATO.
Ukraine final claimed to have shot down an A-50 plane in January, additionally over the Azov Sea which lies between Russia and Ukraine.
It additionally claimed to have destroyed an Ilyushin Il-22 airborne command submit within the Sea of Azov.
The Sea of Azov lies between Russia and Ukraine, however Moscow controls its complete coast after seizing massive swathes of southeastern Ukraine throughout its invasion and annexation of Crimea in 2014.
Reports say the planes have been flying the identical routes for months.
Commanders have been cautious to not use the intelligence-gathering planes too near the lively struggle zone.
In an tackle in New York on the eve of the two-year anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Lord Cameron harassed that Ukraine’s struggle is ‘the world’s struggle’. It comes after the Foreign Secretary sparked a livid row with members of the US Congress when pleading with American politicians to approve new funds for Kyiv
Ukraine’s Azov National Guard Brigade engaged in fight in the course of the ongoing struggle with Russia
Lord Cameron mentioned rubbished Putin’s claims the struggle is a battle between brothers as so many lives have been ruined
The studies of the downed spy airplane come as Lord Cameron visited the United Nations on Friday.
He mentioned in a speech: ‘My first go to as Foreign Secretary was to Ukraine. I stood contained in the wreckage of Odessa’s Cathedral. I noticed courageous Ukrainians kissing family members goodbye as they left to defend their homeland.
‘His (Putin’s) authorities claims it is a battle between brothers. What twisted type of brotherhood is that this for which so many lives should be ruined?
‘How many ridiculous explanations have we now had for this invasion? Are they criminals or are they fellow Russians?
‘One minute Ukraine is an existential menace and the following we’re instructed she does not exist
‘The Russian navy is being drained of its trendy tools. You are having to depend on poor-quality shells from Pyongyang and also you despatched a era of Russian boys into the meatgrinder.
‘These sanctions are a reminder we cannot falter and can stand agency for Ukraine’s freedom.
‘We should not falter, we should stand agency.’
