The Russian Su-34 jet costs an estimated £40 million (Picture: Getty)
Vladimir Putin is having a bad week – actually one of the worst during his war in Ukraine as another one of his Su-34 fighter jet was shot down overnight.
This is the seventh military plane destroyed by Ukraine over the past week, the Air Force said in a statement on Telegram, a rate of loss the Kremlin cannot sustain.
Commander Mykola Oleshchuk said the aircraft’s crew was confirmed killed in the attack.
Russia’s Su-34s are falling in numbers as the two-year anniversary of the full-scale invasion nears on Saturday.
The Soviet twin-engine, two-seat aircraft costs an estimated £40 million and has one of the most-high tech in the president’s arsenal.
Ukraine reportedly downed a Su-34 and a Su-35S plane on Monday, a Su-34 jet on Sunday as well as two Russian Su-34 fighter jets and another Russian Su-35 combat aircraft on Friday.
‘Russian planes continue to fall’ Ukraine’s defence ministry celebrated on Monday.
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