Another of Russia’s prized A-50 Airborne Early Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft, call sign Bayan (Accordion), was shot down by Ukrainian Air Force over the Sea of Azov some 170 km from the front line at 7:15 p.m. EET on Feb. 23.
Several young officers, as well as a colonel, were on board the downed Russian A-50 airborne early warning and control (AWACS) plane and the damaged IL-22 airborne command post, Ukrainian Air Force spokesman Yuriy Ihnat said on national television on Jan. 22.
Viktor Klimov, the commanding officer of a Russian Il-22M airborne command post hit by Ukrainian forces on 14 January, was killed in that attack. Source: Krymsky Veter (Crimean Wind), a local Telegram-based news outlet Details: Russian social media communities reported that Klimov had been killed in the attack.
Another Russian A-50 airborne early warning and control (AWACS) plane has appeared over the Sea of Azov, Ukrainian Air Force spokesman, Yuriy Ihnat, said on national television on Jan. 19.