A crew of 10 Russians was killed in a Russian A-50U Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) aircraft shot down on 23 February. Source: Ukrainska Pravda sources in Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU) Details: The source said all 10 Russians on board the aircraft had been killed.
The destruction of the A-50 AWACS (Airborne Warning and Control System) aircraft will likely be a significant blow to the Russian Air Force operations around southern Ukraine, Ukrainian Defense Intelligence (HUR) chief Kyrylo Budanov told the Financial Times on Jan. 15.
The Ukrainian military published video footage of the last flight of Russia’s A-50 AWACS (Airborne Warning and Control System) plane shot down over the Sea of Azov on Jan. 14.