Ukraine also said it shot down a Russian A-50 radar early-warning plane in January, an expensive and rare Russian jet that helps it coordinate its battlefield activities.
Those losses were “embarrassing” for Russia given its superior air force, Rajan Manon, a Russia and Ukraine expert and a director of the US-based Defense Priorities think tank, previously told BI.
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