According to media reports, the commander of the Russian long-range radar reconnaissance aircraft A-50 was named Vyacheslav Levchenko. At the same time, they write on social networks that his wife has already been informed about her husband’s death.
She was told that Levchenko and the entire crew of the A-50 aircraft were considered missing.
In addition, journalists found that since January 19, another 1,176 people have been added to the list of Russians killed in the war in Ukraine, including 15 military personnel with the rank of lieutenant colonel and above.
Destruction of A-50 and Il-22 aircraft of the Russian Federation
RBC-Ukraine, citing sources in the Defense Forces, reported on January 14 that the Ukrainian Armed Forces shot down a Russian A-50 aircraft over the Sea of Azov and brought down an IL-22. On January 15, the destruction of two aircraft was officially confirmed by the Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Valery Zaluzhny.
Earlier, the representative of OK “Yug” Natalya Gumenyuk stated that the shooting down of the A-50 radar detection aircraft and the Il-22 air command post of the Russian Federation could delay future missile attacks by the invaders. At the same time, she called it a “loud statement” that Ukrainian forces have complete control over the airspace of the Azov and Black Seas after the downing of Russian planes.
Let us remind you that already on January 19, a Russian A-50 long-range radar detection aircraft was detected in the Azov Sea. On January 21, it became known that the commander of the Russian aircraft was killed as a result of damage to the Il-22 air command post over the Sea of Azov.
For more information about why the destruction of the A-50 is important and what makes this operation unique, read the material from RBC-Ukraine.
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2024-02-02 19:18:34
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