"Russian Air Force Suffers String of Fighter Jet Losses"

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"Russian Air Force Suffers String of Fighter Jet Losses"
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Russia's military aviation capabilities have suffered another blow with the crash of a Sukhoi Su-34 fighter jet in Ukraine's Kherson region, marking the ninth Russian aircraft lost in recent days. Additionally, a fire at a Moscow plant producing Sukhoi fighter jets was reported. Ukrainian forces claimed to have downed a Russian A-50U long-range radar detection aircraft near the Sea of Azov, while also stating that they had destroyed a total of 340 Russian jets since the start of the war. The Russian military has not commented on these claims.

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