The military forces of the ZSU lost the Russian flight of distant radar detection that control A-50, which tasked with conducting reconnaissance and identifying targets for strikes. The aggressor country can kill 9 units of A-50, but not all of them are armed.
Details about those for whom the weakness of the A-50 is important and why this operation is unique – as revealed in the RBC-Ukra commentary їна військово – political expert of the “Information Against” group Oleksandr Kovalenko.
During the preparation of the material, the following were reviewed: data from the authorities of the Defense Forces, an exclusive expert commentary, the Telegram channel of the head commander of the ZSU Valery Zaluzhny and information to the Center for Strategic Communications and Information Security.
What's behind there are so many of them in Russia
A-50 – a whole flight of long-range radar surveillance and reconnaissance. As the expert explained, such flights are used in order to carry out reconnaissance activities in the open space. Also, the A-50 can be used for targeting tactical aviation and can be modified to improve the performance characteristics of the PPO, increasing the ability to target, fixate, guard, and also reduce targets in Get out.
“Russia has a total of 9 such aircraft. Only 3 of them are actually unsalvageable: one of them is undergoing modernization because it has never been completed before, and the other ones are unsalvageable, because they cannot be repaired,” Rozpov I saw Kovalenko.
< p>In this manner, as the expert says, Russia has 6 such fighter pilots, but it’s up to them to get food.
“Because in Belarus one of the A-50 aircraft was hit by a drone and was evacuated from the Republic of Belarus. The fuselage of the aircraft, and the reconnaissance system “Jmil” itself, were not damaged. And today in Russia it is unlikely it is possible to revive such collapsible systems. And, in principle, information about those that were not available for repair during repairs,” Kovalenko guesses, adding that it is important that in the drawing format a maximum of 5 A-50 flights were recorded in the open air.
Note. In the bitter end of 2023, it became known about the destruction of an A-50 aircraft by drones at the airfield in Machulishchi near Belarus. We will fly to Taganrog for repairs later.
Why the low-quality A-50 is more important
The expert explains that Russia cannot immediately produce such aircraft.
“The wine itself is quite expensive, at least 400 million dollars in price. Moreover, due to the fact that the A-50 does not break easily and the skins from them are unique, this makes it even more expensive for Russians,” emphasizes Kovalenko.
In other words, such a waste for the Russian Federation means that it is significantly less likely to carry out exploration activities in the vast expanse of Ukraine.
“They will not only have less information until the presence of Ukrainian tactical aviation in the open air, and they will also not be able to patrol their flights of tactical aviation and beyond sobi PPO”, – like Kovalenko.
The expert calls poverty A- 50 because it’s sick enough, serious, the road and reputation are wasted for the aggressor country.
“Because at the same time the A-50 was damaged by the Il-22. And in fact, this is a unique decline in the world history of wars and conflicts, if at the same time two years of such a level, such functionality is available or is damaged No. This is a unique episode. There has never been anything like this in history. it didn’t happen,” Kovalenko emphasizes.
Another waste for Russia
As they gain respect in the Center for Strategic Communications and Information Security, at the same time another waste or damage to the A-50. As we have already stated, how well did the Belarusian partisans fly such a flight at the airfield in Machulishchi.
Just yesterday, such a flight began to die. Zokrema, expert Kovalenko has also seen the same thing in Russia, that until now there have been no incidents of the Russian A-50. And from then on it became better.
The Center for Strategic Communications says that the A-50 is a very complex and specific technology. According to the Center, there are up to 20 units of them in the Russian arsenal.
They also noted that the Il-22M11 is a theft control point, which acted simultaneously with the A-50 during hostile air attacks against Ukraine n , this is the loss of such a friend by Russia during the hour of war. The fragments of the first such aircraft were hit by the fighters of the Wagner air defense missile company, just before the death of Yevgen Prigozhin, a sign of bygone fate.
It is important to remember that the reduction and performance of these pilots is a great success of the Ukrainian Defense Forces, which will make it easier to fight against the enemy’s aggression in the world.
The reduction of the A-50 and Il-22: how it happened
Guess what, On the 14th late in the evening, RBC-Ukraine reported that the Defense Forces were informed about the shooting down by the Russian Air Force of the Russian A-50 aircraft and the defeat of the Il-22M11 (tail number 75106).
As the sight of the dzherel appeared, the A-50 was shot down immediately after its attack on Cherguvannya in the Kyrylivka area around 21:10-21:15 on the 14th. A-50 was detected from radars and received evidence from tactical aviation, and later the pilot of a Su-30 PKS RF pilot detected the occupation and crash of an uninstalled damaged ship.
Litak Il-2 2M11 was built in Cherguvannya in the area of Strilkovoe, and By the end of the 21st year of the 14th century, the protection of the Azov Sea coast will be completed. After the attack, as it became known to RBC-Ukraine from the radio traffic jam, the pilot of the Il-22M asked the airfield controller in Anapa to call for Smuga Shvidka and Pozhezhnikov.
Already today, information about the loss on the Russian radar aircraft A-50 and the Il-22 control point was confirmed by the head commander of the ZSU Valery Zaluzhny. He called it a miraculously planned operation in the Azov region.
In addition, the destruction of the A-50 was confirmed by Kirilo Budanov, head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Moscow Region. Without going into details.
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