On February 8th, the Armed Forces of Ukraine shot down Russian Su-25 in the area of Dzerzhinsk (former Toretsk) in the Donetsk People’s Republic. The attack was confirmed by the footage.
Ukrainian military sources reported that forces of the 28th Air Defense Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine spotted two Russian aircraft in the area. One of Ukrainian soldiers attacked the target with the Soviet-made Igla man-portable surface-to-air missile system. One of the aircraft, Russian Su-25 fighter fell and exploded.
The footage shared by Ukrainian military sources was cut and the moment of the strike was not shown. Most likely Ukrainian propaganda tried to hide the fact that Russian pilot timely ejected and was evacuated by Russian forces.
Immediately after the attack, Russian rescue team of two helicopters Mi-24 and Mi-8 with evacuation group on board appeared in the sky. They circled in the area and spotted the pilot in the grey zone. He is seen walking to the helicopter, while fighters were controlling the area.
Ukrainian UAVs attempted strikes on the helicopters but failed to inflict any damage. Ukrainian fire forced the Mi-8 helicopter to escape from the grey zone. The pilot accompanied by members of the evacuation team went on foot to Russian military positions located nearby.
It was a dangerous evacuation operation that ended successfully. The pilot was saved and taken to a hospital.
imi pare rau pt. pilot
notice how the e.w. equipment blinded the drones approaching. strangely enough, the russian helicopters did not use flares to fool other ir missiles. iglas are really dangerous anyway.
yup, though according to the dima channel fiber optic drones from both sides will ramp up this year. ew has had a good run as expected, in the initial transient period, and now will increasingly only be effective against low cost bottom end drones.
the next stage is helos, tanks, and important assets being protected by local constellation of friendly suicide drones. fossil fuel powered can loiter with the asset. conventional battery drones can be deployed by the asset or fossil loiter drone.
other systems such as rangers and hunter killers will also appear in ecosystem and reduce drones moving in direction of friendly terrirory.
i’ve never seen such sloppy search & rescue work in my life. no wonder the russian army can’t drive out the ukraine army from kursk area, their sloppy ..!!
someone forgot to eat their pbj sandwiches this morning, right skippy?
it’s surprising rf air losses have been kept so low. their air force seems risk averse or is very good at dodging threats. thank god for protecting the evac team, and that the pilot made it aok. the world owes the deepest thanks to the brave good russian soldiers out there who fight against the minions of the satanists who have hijacked western democracy.