The commander of the Ukrainian Air Force announced that its units had shot down three Russian Su-34 fighters over the Kherson region. The news shook the world and caused all kinds of speculation. What kind of weapon can take down such a fighter?
Presumably, this was most likely the work of the Romanian Air Force's F-16 fighters. They said that the F-16 fighters were conducting an actual exercise at the time, and when they saw the Russian fighters, they immediately went out to intercept them and successfully knocked down three Su-34 fighters. Is there any mistake?
Some people don't believe it, thinking that the F16 is a third-generation fighter, and the Su-34 is a third-generation plus fighter, and you say that your F16 can win the Su-34? In fact, this explanation is not accurate. According to American pilots, the F16, despite being modeled after a third-generation aircraft, has the strength to counter all the fighters currently used by the Soviet Union after several modifications, at least the American pilots think so.
Although this statement is a bit exaggerated, to defeat the Su-34 fighter, the skills and training of the pilots are inseparable from its equipment. So, did the Russians knock it down with F-16 fighters? Others think otherwise, perhaps Romanian pilots have trained F-16 fighters with Russian counterparts. However, this is just a legend after all.
More reliably, a statement released by Ukrainian ** Zelensky wrote: "Thanks to our troops, we were able to annihilate three Russian fighters in one fell swoop, thanks to our Air Force and Odessa's air defense." As can be seen from this report, the Su-34 fighter was hit by a rocket.
What kind of missile is that? Of course, it is a "patriot", and not long ago Germany sent a "patriot" to Ukraine, and Zelensky also mentioned "air power" in his speech, so it is very likely that it is that "air power", the "rocket" that knocked down the Su-34.
So, what is Russia's response? Russia is very indifferent to this, almost never makes any statements, especially state-owned news, and there is not even a little news. Some people question, is this true or false?
According to a well-known Russian account, the Russian Air Force was indeed shot down a fighter plane, and is currently making every effort to search and rescue the missing pilot, which is a well-known big V broke the news, and Russia's country** is noncommittal, and the Russian military's bloggers and military reporters said that their air forces lost several Su-34 fighters, and found fragments of a Su-34 fighter, this incident continues to ferment, for Russia, this is definitely a dark day.
What will happen after this incident? I estimate that the Russian side will keep silent, and the Ukrainian side will not hype it, maybe this matter will just pass, but what is going on, I also said it from these news, you can verify it for yourself.