Intel update comes as Volodymyr Zelensky arrives in Berlin for arm talks
Moscow’s air forces have suffered their worst losses in 14 months of war after four military air crafts were struck down on Saturday, according to Russian media reports.
Russian news outlet Kommersant said two Russian fighter jets and two military helicopters were shot down on Saturday close to the Ukrainian border, in what would be a spectacular coup for Kyiv if confirmed.
Kommersant said on its website that the Su-34 fighter-bomber, Su-35 fighter and two Mi-8 helicopters had made up a raiding party, and had been “shot down almost simultaneously” in an ambush in the Bryansk region, adjoining northeast Ukraine.
“According to preliminary data … the fighters were supposed to deliver a missile and bomb attack on targets in the Chernihiv region of Ukraine, and the helicopters were there to back them up – among other things to pick up the ‘Su’ crews if they were shot down.”
The last time Russia took such catastrophic hits on its airforce was in early March of last year, according to The Telegraph.
Elsewhere, Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in Berlin Sunday for talks with German leaders about further arms deliveries.
Source: Independent
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