Ukraine says it shot down Russian A-50 spy plane | BBC News

Ukraine's military has said it has shot down a Russian military spy plane over the Sea of Azov, in what analysts say would be a blow to Moscow's air power.
Army chief Gen Valerii Zaluzhnyi said the air force had "destroyed" an A-50 long range radar detection aircraft, and an IL-22 air control centre.
The A-50 detects air defences and coordinates targets for Russian jets.
Russian officials said they had "no information" about the attacks, but prominent pro-war Russian commentators have said the loss of an A-50 would be significant.
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[@AwesomeRepix]

And apparently another one just went down.. 😅

[@nahndeskript]

Yeah I just read that too! Came here looking for this comment. 😂

[@BekhtiRabeh]

Does they have proof that the plane was destroyed?

[@AwesomeRepix]

@@BekhtiRabeh People literally went out and filmed it today, Battle map says it was a A-50U inside Russian territory, this could possibly be friendly fire. Numbering of the Aircraft was 344-A

[@xaiano794]

@@BekhtiRabeh wreckage filmed on the ground with identifiable markings, we have the flight track and even video of the actual missile hit since people were filming the a50 dropping flares in an effort to avoid the missile.

[@BekhtiRabeh]

@@AwesomeRepix So sad to see Russia take hit like this, failure after failure Shoigu, Putin must be overthrown

[@Tiax776]

It was just sent on a special underwater mission.

[@CyberBeep_kenshi]

blub blub blub

[@SunnyLovetts]

Never underestimate a people protecting their homeland... EVER.

[@tedcrilly46]

Was just thinking earlier about all the failed invasions, colonizations and foreign ventures. In recent history. An awful lot of them have failed, eventually or immediately. Or achieved troublesome stalemates at best. Are there even any examples of foreign ventures which are a resounding/straightforward win, in recent history. Where the ends justified the means. N.Cyprus maybe.

[@jameswaffle7604]

Slava Ukraine!

[@SunnyLovetts]

@@tedcrilly46 Truth, the last one I can think of was Nazi Germany but they started the war so never mind 🤔

[@kiabtoomlauj6249]

Yeah, people only want to make fun of the US being kicked out of Vietnam and Afghanistan; but the Russians also were kicked out of Afghanistan, with 10 times the loss the Americans suffered in that mountainous tribal land. And now, the Russia's Vietnam is happen to them literally just a stone throw from their front yard! Invading and occupying another nation and people who don't want to be invaded or occupied ALWAYS is hard. Saying, "If the America and Western Europeans aren't helping the Ukrainians, we'd win" is very much like saying, "If the Chinese and Russians weren't helping Vietnam, she would have had no weapons to fight with & America would have won the Vietnam War..."

[@amirsadeghi9888]

does that include Palestinians?

[@zeuseditor]

No doubt Russia will claim this is just like the Moskva, a ship that was only slightly damaged, now heading back to base, with all the crew now on extended leave.

[@bertjilk3456]

Special underwater leave.

[@joshuaparrott2458]

These planes are, eye-wateringly, expensive

[@paulgibbon5991]

@@joshuaparrott2458 And more importantly, extremely hard / impossible to replace in a relevant timeframe.

[@joshuaparrott2458]

@@paulgibbon5991 I'm guessing 5 years, minimum

[@Robert-xy4xi]

​@@paulgibbon5991Russia has plenty of airframes but not updated to latest version! It's not aircraft it's avionics!

[@natalieturko4808]

Darn right it's a big victory. If Russia is struggling to explain what happened to their planes, you can be sure that this is far more significant than just a Ukrainian "claim".

[@TimmyRipkey-zj7sg]

There is a reason bbc doesn't report big casualties on the Ukrainian side...

[@clownindan]

​@@TimmyRipkey-zj7sgrussian families get bags of onions for their dead relatives.

[@AsadAli-kk2ig]

😂😂

[@AsadAli-kk2ig]

​@@clownindanIn your baby brain😂😂

[@Writeous0ne]

They aren't struggling to explain what happened. This is purely speculation from the Ukrainian government. Basically they are desperate for anti air systems and ammunition so they have over the past couple of days used 3 stories for this purpose. 1. Yesterday they reported extremely low success rates with anti air systems only shooting down 8/46 targets. 2. Then Zelenskyi came out and said "we destroyed 26 helicopters in 1 day with an unnamed weapon system. 3. Now they are saying they shot down 2 spy planes which operate at extremely long distances. All of these things are propaganda pieces aimed to increase donations to them for anti air systems and ammunition which they currently are on critical levels.

[@nfoleg]

They never have admitted the loss of their flagship mozkva .They will never admin the loss of this plane as well.

[@PepeCoinMania]

These ships means nothing

[@GeorgeNoiseless]

Oh they've admitted the loss, but said "WE DID IT, ACTUALLY Ukraine had nothing to do with this!"

[@kirishima638]

Moskva was promoted to submarine.

[@CecilTeddy]

@@PepeCoinMania they definitely mean less than nothing at the bottom of the sea. LOL

[@reginaljames4403]

That's why y'all with so call modern weapons should show the satelite footage. Prove them wrong. $200b US smart weapons to Ukraine $186 trillion euro smart weapon vs Russian ancient old weapons. And why y'all losing can't even crosses the defensive line, are those weapons smart for real?🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@bigotbiden]

In response, bogbrush peskov claimed the 0rcss just shot down 23 AWACS and 3 starships

[@woohan6430]

UPDATE: Russia says they shot down the Death Star

[@steveperreira5850]

They always over-react!

[@justifiable6474]

But starships were meant to fly!!!

[@jamiesnow2670]

🤣

[@МумийТролль-р3г]

Peskov 's name is Nesnayka

[@jankowalyk7301]

The Ukrainians: "hmm we don't have a navy, so let's take out the Russian navy. We don't have dominance in the air, let's take out the Russian air force..." - Putin: "everything is going according to plan".

[@davebartosh5]

Calling an A-50 a spy plane is kind of silly. It's a typical AWACS type of aircraft. A powerful radar that flies high to give a long-range picture of what's in the area.

[@lenrichardson7349]

So spying on the enemy then.😃

[@flashdancer42]

Well to save time saying it is a spy plane tells an average viewere much more than starting to talk about AWACS.

[@davebartosh5]

@@lenrichardson7349 Cute. I'm not trying to be mean, but there are many other planes that would more be considered 'spy' aircraft. These AWACS types are typically flown near any battle-space.

[@davebartosh5]

@@flashdancer42 ...and is misleading. They could have said long-range radar.

[@donalddevlin9811]

that plane has powerful radar that send photos back is a spy plane UK had this setup on Vulcan bombers high flying out of radar range and taking photos

[@themartiangamer9533]

Lmao,how many russian bots cry in the comments🤣🤣🤣

[@boota1979]

@themartiangamer9533 Oh! give over!

[@themartiangamer9533]

don't scream, eat a candy and feel better​😉🍬@@boota1979

[@londoncalling1757]

..russians are thinking how did this happen...again..

[@ninadasilva1867]

The A-50 was probably shot down with a Patriot missile

[@TheNordmo]

Bravo Ukraina 👏👏👏

[@Nemenis]

Why did you do it? It’s gonna cripple our already crippling Air Force :/

[@TheNordmo]

@@Nemenis Россия теряет не только военную авиацию, но и военные корабли, танки и не менее 100 000 солдат, которых трусливый Путин отправляет в мясорубку. Россия никогда не сможет выиграть эту войну. Оккупанты могут вернуть украденную землю и выплатить репарации Украине, может быть, после этого у России есть будущее...

[@Eugene-rq8kr]

Slava Rossii ❤❤❤! The bbc should not rely on what ukronazis say. They mostly tell lies.

[@BekhtiRabeh]

​@@TheNordmo So you care about the Russians future?

[@TheNordmo]

@@BekhtiRabeh We all care about russian people, but not dictator like Putin, Hitler, Stalin, Kim jung und etc

[@maxsinclair93]

The plane was sunk due to rough seas

[@cristo6007]

Rumor is the Moskva is on the way for a recovery mission 🤔😳

[@thomastoadie9006]

The Pro-Russian denialism space is getting more frantic lately. I love it.

[@blackberuang]

CONGRATS!! SLAVA UKRAINI

[@philipellis4530]

So you still support Ukraine, maybe take some time and watch this 1hr 24 min video taken in 2015 “War Crimes in Gorlovka - The Anna Tuv Story” You have to bear in mind that Ukraine was the aggressors from the start by shelling the Donbas region back in 2014 where the majority of the population are ethnic Russians, this happened just after the Euro Maidan documented with the 18 un-cut parts of ‘Roses Have Thorns’, Putin did not invade as such but had to intervene back in March 2022, 8 years later.

[@AD-gi9zg]

@@philipellis4530 report misinformation

[@airis3333]

@@philipellis4530 so you still believe in Ruzzki propagada? Ukraine was aggresor from the start. Did Ukraine send army to Ruzzia or the other way around? :D lease at least try and make some logic

[@davebartosh5]

On the Defense Intelligence website there was an update in late November saying that due to concern of Ukraine obataining Western firghter jets, they have modified the mission of the A-50. It involves flying them closer to Ukraine. This is done to bolster Russian defense, but it also increases danger to the A-50's.

[@fredbyoutubing]

What I'm wondering about is if Ukraine has used the F-16s already to complete that mission. They wouldn't say or show evidence if they were already using them in secret.

[@davebartosh5]

@@fredbyoutubing Both of these aircraft were hit outside of the range of known Ukrainian air defense missiles. Slight possibility of a longer range Patriot, but unlikely. Or an S-300, but also unlikely. It is most likely that these were air-launched missiles. Could be Ukranian Mig-29s, but yes, I suspect these were F-16s making a debut. I don't think Ukraine would confim it. That would basically reveal where they have them stationed.

[@jerrypartington3650]

​@@fredbyoutubingUkraine most likely used a Patriot air defence system to down the Russian aircraft, as it doesn't yet have the ability to operate the F16.

[@NightWiz11]

​@@jerrypartington3650it does! Ukraine have received and actively operating at least 8 F-16 by now! They received it at the end of December, look out on the official video on ukraine armed forces, you can found it everywhere

[@mrkeogh]

​@davebartosh5 IIRC the AMRAAM has a home-on-jam capability. So it could well have been a genuine tracking effort but spoof attack by Ukrainian SAM systems that allowed fighters to loft missiles at the A-50 without ever having to use their radars...

[@ebg7644]

Thank you, BBC, for keeping up with the Ukraine news. If only to laugh at the angry Russian bot replies underneath. 😂

[@Eugene-rq8kr]

Bbc is lying as it's accepted with them.

[@CyberBeep_kenshi]

a50 is already 350 - 500 million lolz Russia, go home and stay there in the cold 🇳🇱❤🇺🇦

[@truthbsaid1600]

Just like they reported when the Moskva sank "in rough seas", the Russian Ministry of Imaginary Victories will report that the plane went down due to bad weather or the pilot was smoking, etc.

[@keith8609]

Slava Ukraini ♥️ 🇺🇦

[@Eugene-rq8kr]

Rossii slava ❤❤! This is a lie as it is accepted in the BBC. They are tricking you.

[@jettser17UK]

Kaputed within Ukrainian airspace so what the heck did Russia expect?! Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦🗺️

[@Zetler]

No way. How the hell do you shoot one of these down, they operate way behind the front lines.

[@israelsilva3127]

Vitória para os guerreiros da Ucrânia, slava Ukraine 🇧🇷 🇧🇧 ❤️ 💙 ✌️

[@charlesphillips1468]

For those who remember By Dawn's Early Light (film), these planes are sort of like the American ones in the movie, about which the President of the United States uttered the famous line, "So we have Alice in one plane and the mad hatter in the other." "Alice" was James Earl Jones.

[@reginaljames4403]

Well American gave Ukraine 200B worth of smart weapons western countries 186 b euro. Did Ukraine won the war or pushed russia out? Take your time l'll wait.

[@aboutdrums]

It reminds me of the "norwegian blue"... Beautiful fuselage !!

[@lukeamato423]

Russia has no hope

[@duk2k]

So is the UK

[@lukeamato423]

@@duk2k your English is crap ....you suck at your job .troll factory should fire you

[@icysaracen3054]

We been saying that start of 2023

[@lukeamato423]

@@icysaracen3054 ya it still holds true. They're falling apart

[@boota1979]

@@lukeamato423 How so?

[@MediaArchive2-z9f]

Slava Ukraine. 🇺🇦🥂

[@独島韓国領土]

That's a big big news!!

[@katarsett9384]

The AWAC A 50 is toootally down! IL 22 M is down and damaged, ambulance and firefighters at place! And Crimea is being hit every day. Why do you say the offensive is "stalling"???

[@kirishima638]

Russia is heavily reliant on ancient Cold War assets that they CANNOT replace. They only had 8x A-50s left, 7x now, and they date back to the 70s. So just like the multitude of naval vessels Ukraine has destroyed with impunity, these are permanent loses. Russia cannot go on taking losses like this. Ukraine at least can replace their losses with modern Western donations.

[@reginaljames4403]

Ukraine need atlist 70 years to rebuild and about 3 trillion dollars. Quick advise stay off modern weapons zelensky they can't save you they're marketable good for youtune🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Vrediskin]

@@reginaljames4403 Lol/ Russian armry is a Second Army Of The world (Like State TV in Russia Claims) - and can get Kiev. Bgggg )))) Putler is a dady jocker.

[@reginaljames4403]

@@Vrediskin well y'all can say whatever one thing for sure U.S weapons is not all of that as y'all are kept on saying.

[@Vrediskin]

@@reginaljames4403 все что я хотел сказать ) Украина Победит при любом раскладе )

[@reginaljames4403]

@@Vrediskin l'm not Russian l don't speak Russian and l am not pro Russian. I'm a youtuber l watch news and l understand truth and lies. Now if the west weapons so invisible to radar can be disappeared to radar why not give a few to Ukraine and End the war?🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@underarmbowlingincidentof1981]

"Um, Ivan. Do these dots on the screen normally move this quickly towards us?"

[@paulmoore4344]

The IL-22 landed. It's a mess, full of hundreds of holes but it landed safely. Photos started showing up in the last hour.

[@Atlantafied]

But it didn't land, it was shot down. Nice try, Sergey. 😂😂😂

[@longjohn526]

@@Atlantafied All shot down planes technically land .... really really hard but they do land

[@public.public]

prove it.

[@Baraxes]

The plane landed, you can google search it, both planes landed but with holes in the tail

[@mattyice2099]

Nice try ivan

[@elishalloyd5958]

What an absolute monster Putin is condemning things else where when he’s so much worse doing the same thing. If everyone doesn’t come to peace that’s it for all of us

[@anti-carnistvegan]

​@redshanksbolshevikempire rebels

[@13flr]

Putin walks into a bar and says to the bartender, "I'll have two for fifty"

[@rogerkumar73]

Over 40 A50s were built in the 1980s and 1990s, but as of 2022, only about 16 remained, with nine to eleven being in flyable condition. Since late 2022, reports have indicated that only three of these aircraft are still “fully mission capable” (FMC), meaning all its equipment is completely functioning.

[@manwingchi9156]

Russia is using men and time as main weapon, not military hardware anymore. 😮😮😮😮

[@ayYgY]

???

[@Bosco12ful]

Are you certain? Do not dream. 😅

[@Howleye]

Ukraine says a lot of things

[@Snaproll47518]

F-16 entry into AFU service?

[@johannesnicolaas]

A spy plane that is no more..... I hope the waves weren't hurt by the falling plane...

[@Soarin-Ancient]

The A-50 is still in service. Just as a new Sonar Under Water Craft right next to the Cruiser Submarine Moskova

[@Robert-xy4xi]

​@@Soarin-AncientJust like General Milley that said Russian 3 day military operation! What happened to the 5 days to the see of Azov fantasy for the Nationalists in Kiev 😂 When you need to tell propaganda on made up little victories it's not a good sign! Zelenskiy is finished and conscription of females for the meat grinder because is no volunteers left and the poorer classes men can't be forced conscripted, just because there aren't any left!

[@Robert-xy4xi]

​@@Soarin-AncientWhere is Boxer turned Kiev mayor Vitaly Kiltscho sons, they are 18 and 23! Where is Oleksyi Danilov sons all in their 30s! Fit able young men! Why are they not being conscripted or even better volunteer for the frontline!

[@paulgibbon5991]

@@Robert-xy4xi And when do we see you in a meatwave, botski boy?

[@deecee1522]

SLAVA UKRAINI❤‍🔥

[@getplaning]

Russian media is saying an A-50 surveillance plane successfully intercepted and destroyed a Ukrainian launched Patriot missile near Berdyansk. Actually, what they are saying is they accidentally shot down their own aircraft. Either way, it's a win for the civilized world.

[@hukebein92]

You are not civilized, you are an ape 😂

[@liborvalenta6728]

Great!!! Slava Ukraini !!!!! 👍👍🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦

[@kineticdeath]

not so much a spy plane, more of an airborne control center. Think E-3 or the newer Wedgetail platforms or even the US navy E-2 Hawkeye. More oriented towards tracking inbound aircraft and directing friendlies than straight up intel gathering

[@릴드-j7v]

Maybe we should also say that US carriers carry “spy planes”.

[@6666lupita]

Lol have you ever hear the story of the rabbit and the turtle, evry little count and it adds up Lol

[@FunkySpaceLord]

New : Moskva the airplane edition

[@zmax683]

Another lie,the plane was damaged by Russian by accident, landed with some damage,never got shot down by Ukraine.

[@jettser17UK]

Wrong, don't forget Ukraine have shot down many Russian planes, helicopters and drones previously so this is no different!

[@paulgibbon5991]

That doesn't make you sound any better, you know.

[@zmax683]

@@paulgibbon5991 I don't understand you.

[@Blashmack]

The Ukrainians landed a drone on top of the radar dish of an A-50 last year. The footage is out there. The Russians do not have impeccable operational security. I would not be surprised if the Ukrainians had at least damaged these planes.

[@alexsenka1350]

u think united kigdom got or usa? trust me not, can be same and u will not found who do that. I was so many times close to the military airoport, there enaugh hiden place for car and send dron for atack!

[@Blashmack]

@@alexsenka1350 Neither, just Ukrainians with a drone, and Russians with really bad security.

[@thomastoadie9006]

This particular aircraft disappeared from radar in the direction of Berdyansk.

[@militaryfall5147]

It doesn't matter.. The plane was shot down over the Sea of Azov. Probably long-range air-to-air missiles. Ukraine officially does not have them. There are two options, direct aggression by NATO aircraft or Ukraine received these missiles

[@Blashmack]

@@militaryfall5147 Ukraine definitely received these missiles. They've been receiving missiles from the West for almost two years now. Of course they are going to be used

[@peaces.5524]

More than $330 mio. was destroyed.

[@GrimJerr]

Slava Ukraine 🎉

[@shaneconnor86]

Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦 from 🇦🇺

[@imperatorvespasian3125]

shot down = landed safely, modern BBC newspeak

[@ProctorsGamble]

The ruzzians simply converted the spy plane into a spy submarine. Nothing to see here. 😝

[@2012isnear-my-my-my]

another ghost of Kiev story compliments of Ukraine

[@iancoles1349]

Yep they gone

[@RaumBances]

Not a spy plane. Accuracy is important and why I trust BBC News.

[@jettser17UK]

It is not a passenger plane duh!

[@wolfecanada6726]

It's an AWACS platform, not a "spy plane"

[@ckouame17]

Where are these images that show them, liars like that

[@DOI_ARTS]

The BBC reporter is almost laughing

[@JohnofthefamilySmith]

It is probably fake news.

[@copaloadofthis]

Free World thinks Russia is one big joke ..

[@dancoy09]

@@copaloadofthis it’s govt and military is

[@JohnofthefamilySmith]

@@copaloadofthis There is no such thing as free world. You are a slave and laughed at by your owners.

[@alec4025]

*DJ Khaled voice* ANOTHER ONE

[@randolphwh9551]

Worst was the t 90 that shyt was worth a small country gdp sad vlad

[@johnn2103]

can they still send info from the seabed?

[@TechTyrial]

Its currently on a special landing mission

[@PepeCoinMania]

They only can shot down planes but the terrain war is done

[@homer30]

The United States knows all Russian military movements in and outside of Ukraine. The US is the intel of Ukraine. Imagine if Ukraine gets the F16, it's over for Russia. Game over.

[@BannedByMe]

To me it is strange, why so much noise about downing of a plane. Like with the ship Moskva. Do they really achive so little that a downing a radar plane is something astonishing?

[@jaxonl7810]

Sure because loosing your flagship to a land war is totally not bad As well losing a 300 million dollar spy aircraft is totally not bad as well Maybe think more 😂

[@BannedByMe]

@@jaxonl7810 I am not saying it isn't bad. I am just thinking is not significant compared to the time in the war. And if you compare it the Ukrainian loses it's minimal

[@paulgibbon5991]

"We didn't need that anyway!"

[@MrMoo272]

1:50 Pause it here and read the bottom - the news they dont want to report but have to

[@tages_matuna]

🇺🇦💪

[@geraldboykin6159]

The Russian version of the AWAC receives an insult from a SAM.

[@captainbuggernut9565]

There goes a few hundred million pounds.😂

[@paulweaver6064]

Thats a big deal the equivalent of taking down one of our Possiedien or Awacks.

[@bogdanpogr]

Slava Ukraine!

[@amirsadeghi9888]

this is very bad, such an escalation is dangerous, they're not fighter jets...!

[@NguyenDinhTrinh1974]

KZbin or BBC is stupid. My posts were deleted.

[@dancoy09]

Good your posts are dumb

[@NguyenDinhTrinh1974]

your mind/brain is a dump@@dancoy09

[@thomastoadie9006]

Could be both. KZbin filters certain words out automatically and BBC could set key words themselves to base deletion on. Annoying I agree!

[@dancoy09]

@@thomastoadie9006 they block obvious troll bots like both your accounts

[@NguyenDinhTrinh1974]

I think some bad, tiny reporter and filter is not perfect yet @@thomastoadie9006

[@sharzadgabbai4408]

Ukraine destroyed two aircraft that coordinated Russian assets being destroyed by Ukrainian

[@toxichammertoe8696]

I doubt this actually happened

[@JeffreySmith7777]

Wasn't there an insurrection at the White House yesterday???

[@klompjes002]

Soon Putin will be able to march alone in the square.

[@pw3066]

Don't usually comment ... but hey, this is funny. People have no idea.

[@2mallikharjuna]

Majority of Ukraine claims are always funny. They can't do anything in front lines, so divert people with this kind of hoaxes.

[@AsadAli-kk2ig]

Oh, it's BBC again😂😂

[@Jollygreen-y6z]

CIA has to be in on this.

[@gabred109]

f16??

[@TheBlackIdentety]

Great news! Slava Ukraini!

[@thesirker9527]

Well i guess they now have only 7😂

[@Nemenis]

9 💪🇷🇺🇷🇺

[@jaxonl7810]

​@@Nemenisno 7 cope

[@Nemenis]

@@jaxonl7810 no 2 are missing. i think we lost it. russia sucks at keeping weapons

[@redscorpion-se4hr]

🇺🇦🇺🇦👍👍👍

[@IvaTaiwan]

🇷🇺🇷🇺💪💪

[@tavern77]

Where is a photo?

[@Srez-mj8sj]

Already in the afternoon there were photos from the airport in the telegram; he landed, but the back part was damaged by shrapnel.

[@yves3560]

Damn. Now the Russians will have to send two other ones..

[@neshirst-ashuach1881]

Only around 40 where ever built, with an estimated 8 still in service - Russia doesnt exactly have an infinite supply of these.

[@neshirst-ashuach1881]

Only around 40 where ever built, with an estimated 8 still in service - Russia doesnt exactly have an infinite supply of these.

[@paulgibbon5991]

"We didn't need that anyway!"

[@keithdunwoody1302]

What stalemate?

[@Stupiditas-stupido]

If Ukraine said they are winning that means it is true

[@SunnyLovetts]

they never said they were winning they said they shot down a spy plane.

[@paulgibbon5991]

Don't believe anything till you see a Russian deny it.

[@Eugene-rq8kr]

They can say anything they like. It doesn't correspond to reality.

[@mrg4847]

So they can get military support.

[@alberthead4806]

THERE IS A PHOTO OF THE DAMAGE TAIL OF THAT PLANE

[@User122-ty]

This news ages too fast. It's better to have a LIVE counter

[@joermnyc]

Slava Ukrainia 🇺🇦

[@Srez-mj8sj]

Already in the afternoon there were photos from the airport in the telegram; he landed, but the back part was damaged by shrapnel.

[@NoName-ml5yk]

😂😂😂 Just like the Moskva wasn't destroyed? 😂😂😂Russian troll.

[@robertfletcher8964]

@@NoName-ml5yk nope sadly even the Ukrainians have acknowledged this. One plane was destroyed and one limped home severely damaged (the AWACS plane is now a submarine, the other one limped home)

[@thepurplesband]

That was the 22 not the awacs. The awacs was downed.

[@theodoreroosevelt5779]

Thats ilyusin not the A 50. There are 2 planes damaged

[@ingabaranauskiene5889]

Given that, at least one crew member got killed and several wounded, it's fair to assume that the front part of the ill-fated Il-22 was hit as well.

[@ZeeLover123]

[@rogerwilson6367]

Well if Ukraine and the BBC say this, it must be true.

[@andyhowells1141]

It's being reported by Russia on the Telegram site

[@clownindan]

Russia sucks

[@longjohn526]

@@andyhowells1141 However they are probably blaming it on a crew member smoking a cigarette .......

[@musadube1647]

These are mere claims just to get sponsorship since leaders are meeting in davos 😅

[@BIBIWCICC]

BS I’m afraid.