Ukraine’s air command confirms downing of 2 Russian combat aircraft

Source: Ukraine’s air command and General Valerii Zaluzhnyi

The Ukrainian air command confirmed information about the downing of the Russian A-50 long-range radar detection aircraft and Il-22 air control center.

In addition, the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valerii Zaluzhnyi shared a video from the radars.

‘Thanks to the Air Force for the excellently planned and conducted operation in the Azov region,’ General Zaluzhnyi wrote.

It was previously reported that on the evening of January 14, in the sky over the Sea of Azov, the Ukrainian air defense shot down a Russian A-50 long-range radar detection and control aircraft and damaged an IL-22M bomber.

Later, Yurii Ihnat, the press officer of the Ukrainian Air Force, posted a photo of the damaged IL-22.

On October 6, the Administrative Cassation Court within the Supreme Court of Ukraine continued hearing case No. 990/80/25, in which the fifth President and leader of the party “European Solidarity”, Petro Poroshenko, seeks to have Presidential Decree No. 81/2025 from February 12, 2025 — enacting sanctions by the decision of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) — declared illegal and annulled. The plaintiff claims the document was falsified and that the sanctions are a tool of political persecution of the opposition, contrary to international norms. Government representatives deny the allegations and insist their actions were lawful. Journalists of Bukvy were present at the hearing.

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