Going to keep tonight’s update short(ish).
There are as of yet unconfirmed reports that the Ukrainian Air Force brought down a Russian A-50 over the Sea o Azov. The A-50 is an early warning and control aircraft similar to the AWACs.
A few hours ago, someone apparently attacked two Russian aircraft over the Azov Sea: A-50 early warning and control and Il22-M command and control aircraft. The former is claimed to now be scuba diving, while the latter, well… the following audio recording emerged which… pic.twitter.com/SJScgH6doo
— WarTranslated (Dmitri) (@wartranslated) January 14, 2024
A few hours ago, someone apparently attacked two Russian aircraft over the Azov Sea: A-50 early warning and control and Il22-M command and control aircraft. The former is claimed to now be scuba diving, while the latter, well… the following audio recording emerged which apparently demonstrates the Il22-M requesting urgent landing in Anapa, calling for ambulance and fire crews.
Numbers in the recording are quite challenging to decipher. Information in Russian channels is scarce. But the events have most likely taken place and Russia lost at least one very expensive and valuable flying asset.
By the way, yesterday, Russian channels claimed destruction of a Patriot AA system in Western Ukraine. But didn’t provide any evidence whatsoever.
Eternal fishing!
On a serious note, let's see if this is confirmed.
If true, this is the biggest Ukrainian air victory of this war so far (IMHO, of course). pic.twitter.com/zuRwakJjPy— Illia Ponomarenko 🇺🇦 (@IAPonomarenko) January 14, 2024
Additional reports on the downed A-50 over Azov Sea, valued at $330-500 million. A-50 is a very fat target and this would be a significant setback for Russia, comparable to the loss of the Moskva ship pic.twitter.com/Vkv8DRgM1F
— Maria Avdeeva (@maria_avdv) January 14, 2024
/2. Commentary from Russian sources. Judging by what has been said, at least the very fact that some kind of incident occurred with Russian planes over the Sea of Azov can most likely be considered confirmed.
“Il – at home. It was hard, but the crew returned. Air defense… no… pic.twitter.com/JIWHra8Gzp
— Special Kherson Cat 🐈🇺🇦 (@bayraktar_1love) January 14, 2024
Rumors are rumors, I think by this point in the war everyone should already understand this, but still a warning.
Ukrainian media are actively spreading claims about the downing of Russian A-50s and Il-22M near the coast of the Azov Sea. Allegedly, the tail number of the A-50 and Il-22M11 are known, (RF-50601) and (RF-75106).
https://rbc.ua/rus/news/zsu-pidbili-dva-rosiyski-litaki-azovskim-1705266536.html
Hopefully we’ll get confirmation of just what happened soon.
Here is President Zelenskyy’s address from earlier today. Video below, English transcript after the jump.
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