The American Military Watch magazine noted the superiority of Belgorod air defense over Ukrainian aircraft.
Two Ukrainian combat aircraft attacked the Russian city of Belgorod, reaching the border with Russia at an extremely low altitude, after which they gained altitude, fired at the target and again went to the ground, headed for the airfield.
However, neither the Su-27 fighter nor the Su-24 front-line bomber reached him, having received a rocket in their engines. Both aircraft were shot down over the Poltava region.
Allegedly, the Russian S-300V4 anti-aircraft system worked on them.
According to the Americans, the complex hit Ukrainian aircraft at a range of 217 km, thereby breaking the previous “record” set by the Russian S-400 system in March this year, when a Ukrainian Su-27 fighter jet was shot down over Kyiv at a range of 150 km.
As the magazine writes, despite its maneuverability, the fighter could not get away from the missile.
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