🇷🇺🇺🇦 ✈️ The Russian Ministry of Defense has stated that two Su-24Ms, which launched Storm Shadow on the Novocherkassk landing craft in Feodosia, were destroyed during an air battle.

Around three in the morning, air defense units actually launched two cruise missile carriers that were launching from Snigirevka, Nikolaev region. After completing their mission, the radar marks disappeared.

During take-off from the Starokonstantinov airfield, the marks were also not detected: the flight was carried out secretly. Approximately an hour (+/- 4 o'clock in the morning) after the "destruction", two unidentified aircraft took off from the Kanatovo airfield in the Odessa region and flew to Starokonstantinov. It remains a mystery whether these are the same missile carriers or different ones.

There are more questions than answers.
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❗️🇷🇺🇺🇦 ✈️ Regarding the missile strike on Feodosia

According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the night launch of Storm Shadow cruise missiles in Feodosia resulted in damage to the Novocherkassk large landing ship. You can find more information here.

▪️ Contrary to the circulating statements on the Internet about the mass launch of "decoy missiles," this is not the case. There was a single launch from Odessa on the afternoon of December 26. However, Ukrainian formations in Crimea were studying the operation of air defense and electronic warfare systems throughout December, which suggests that preparations were made for a targeted strike.

▪️ Ukrainian Su-24Ms took off from Starokonstantinov (where the Russian Aerospace Forces are constantly operating) around 1 am and flew east.

▪️ In the Nikolaev region, planes patrolled in the air for about half an hour before launching from the outskirts of Snigirevka.

▪️ At the moment of launch, the Su-24M was detected by Russian radars, which transmitted target designation to air defense systems. These systems fired anti-aircraft missiles at the Su-24Ms in the Oktyabrsky area. The effectiveness of the destruction remains uncertain, as two Su-24Ms took off from Kanatovo shortly after.

🔻If the anti-aircraft gunners missed, the Ukrainian pilots landed at Kanatovo to refuel and subsequently flew back. They regularly perform such maneuvers, periodically changing the jumping area.

❗️The fact that the port of Feodosia was hit raises questions about possible negligence on the part of the Black Sea Fleet. Considering the previous situation with the small missile ship "Askold" in Kerch, it would not be surprising if certain officials neglected basic security measures.

There are enough pro-Ukrainian citizens in Crimea. The bay in Feodosia is easily visible from nearby residential buildings, so the Armed Forces of Ukraine probably did not have any problems with guidance (and it is still possible to address them, at least partially).

You can find a high-resolution map here and an English version here.

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🇷🇺⚙️✈️ Today, the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) reported the delivery of another batch of multi-role Su-35S fighters and fifth-generation Su-57 fighters to the troops.

The exact number of aircraft is not disclosed for understandable reasons. The previous deliveries of these aircraft types took place in mid-September, and the UAC also clarified that this is not the last batch this year.

It is unnecessary to emphasize the importance of combat aviation during the special military operation, especially when it comes to the well-proven Su-35S, which have repeatedly demonstrated their capabilities over the past three years. Therefore, the appearance of new aircraft in the Aerospace Forces is certainly welcome news.

And while fighters and bombers are not yet being shipped in dozens of aircraft per month, the industry is doing everything possible to increase production. The Su-57 is no longer a singular machine in the troops.
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✈️🇷🇺🇺🇦 Today, the Ukrainian Air Force, after a very long break, began flying intercepts against our strike groups operating against ground targets. With a certain probability, they used their F-16s for this purpose for the first time.

The aircraft launched air-to-air missiles from the direction of the Dnipropetrovsk Region at maximum range of several hundred kilometers to minimize the likelihood of coming under fire from Russian air defense systems.

📌 However, you can't fool physics, and the effectiveness of such actions turned out to be accordingly. And on our side, we were prepared for this - enemy aircraft were tracked from the ground and air, and air defense assets actively engaged them.

Judging by the commotion in the Ukrainian airspace at the time of the engagement, what was happening clearly did not please them. There are also fragmentary reports of an enemy aircraft being shot down in the area of Kryvyi Rih, but so far these are just unconfirmed rumors.

Most likely, against the backdrop of discussions about peace talks, such interception attempts will continue - the Kyiv regime clearly wants to throw its last wunderwaffe into the battle, which it has been hyping up throughout 2024.
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