Ukraine Says It Shot Down Russian Su-35 Fighter Jet Over Kursk Region
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Ukraine Says It Shot Down Russian Su-35 Fighter Jet Over Kursk Region
Ukraine says its forces shot down a Russian Su-35 fighter jet over the Kursk region. It did not specify how or exactly where the aircraft was shot down.
Russia pushed Ukrainian troops out of the Kursk region in late April, months after Kyiv launched a bold cross-border offensive there in August 2024.
“This morning, on June 7, 2025, as a result of a successful Air Force operation in the Kursk direction, a Russian Su-35 fighter jet was shot down,” the Ukrainian Air Force said on its Telegram channel.
The Air Force published aerial footage showing what it says is the downed jet, its wreckage in flames.
It did not specify how or exactly where the aircraft was shot down.
The Moscow Times could not independently verify the claims.
Ukraine claims to have shot down Russia’s Su-35 fighter jet
Ukraine claims to have shot down Russia’s Su-35 fighter jet on the Kursk front in early Saturday. The Air Force has not provided any details about the downed jet.
Ukraine claims to have shot down Russia’s Su-35 fighter jet
The Ukrainian Air Force said it had shot down a Russian Su-35 fighter jet on the Kursk front in early Saturday.
The Air Force has not provided any details about the downed Su-35, News.Az reports, citing Ukrainian media.
On 1 June 2025, the Security Service of Ukraine carried out a special operation codenamed Pavutyna (Spider’s Web) and hit Russian strategic jets at four airfields.
Vasyl Maliuk, Head of the Security Service of Ukraine, stated that 34% of strategic carriers of cruise missiles at the main airfields of the Russian Federation had been destroyed.
News.Az
Ukraine claims to shot down Russian Su-35 Fighter Jet
Ukraine’s air forces shot down a Russian Su-35 fighter jet on Saturday morning, the Ukrainian military said. Russian forces have not yet commented on the matter while Reuters could not independently verify the report.
Ukraine’s air forces shot down a Russian Su-35 fighter jet on Saturday morning, the Ukrainian military said.
“This morning, on June 7, 2025, as a result of a successful Air Force operation in the Kursk direction, a Russian Su-35 fighter jet was shot down,” the military said on the Telegram messenger.
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It gave no more details. Russian forces have not yet commented on the matter while Reuters could not independently verify the report.
Ukraine’s security agency, the SBU, conducted a large drone attack on over 40 Russian military aircraft last week, damaging or destroying tens of Tu-95 and Tu-22 strategic bombers, which Russia uses to fire long-range missiles at Ukraine.