The location of another Russian long-range radar detection aircraft, the A-50, which the occupiers are using in the war against Ukraine, has become known.
As the project’s journalists found out, “Scheme“With the help of satellite images from Planet Labs, the plane is parked in the city of Taganrog. The Russians are holding it at the Taganrog-Yuzhny airport. It is noteworthy that this airport is located 130 km from the combat line in the Donetsk region.
photo “Schemes”
“Also, an aircraft of this type appeared in photographs at the airport in September 2023, and on February 15, 2024. At the same time, it was not at the airport in the photograph on February 28, which may indicate the use of this aircraft,” the report says.
photo “Schemes”
Destruction of A-50 aircraft
Over the past few weeks, Russia has lost two A-50 AWACS aircraft. In January 2024, the A-50 was destroyed over the Sea of Azov. The Russian Il-22 also came under attack, but it was able to land.
On February 23, such a plane was shot down again over the Sea of Azov. It is known that it fell on Russian territory.
There were 10 Russians on board the plane. Among them are five majors, three captains, an ensign and a lieutenant. The entire A-50 crew was eliminated.
On February 29, the speaker of the Air Force of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Yuriy Ignat, said that the A-50 aircraft had not been in the Russian skies near Ukraine for several days. He noted that the decrease in the number of such aircraft from the enemy is a positive sign for us.
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2024-02-29 22:07:00
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