After Russia launched a special military operation against Ukraine, the two sides fought a big fight, and the weapons and equipment exchanged between the two sides were almost all weapons and equipment left over from the former Soviet Union, especially the Ukrainian and Russian Air Forces, after the collapse of the former Soviet Union, the Mikoyan Grević Design Bureau, after the reorganization of the MiG Group, was merged into the Russian United Aviation Manufacturing Group, and the Sukhoi Design Bureau was also merged into the Russian United Aviation Manufacturing Group after being reorganized into the Sukhoi Aviation-Industrial Technology Consortium. This means that the original two major fighter manufacturers of the former Soviet Union are all located in Russia, and Ukraine does not have the ability to build fighters on its own, although there are 37 MiG-29 fighters and 32 Su-27 fighters in the combat sequence of the Ukrainian Air Force, but these fighters simply cannot get what they deserve, and the weapons and ammunition equipped with modernization and upgrading cannot be upgraded.
At present, the Su-27 fighters owned by the Ukrainian Air Force have also suffered considerable losses, according to public media sources, after the battle began, the Ukrainian Air Force has appeared in the Su-27 fighter jet was shot down by its own side, and the Su-27 fighter, before it took off, was smashed into pieces by the Russian precision-guided missiles. In addition to the losses in the battle, the Ukrainian Air Force even had pilots flying Su-27 fighter jets to flee to Romania, which landed at an air base in Romania escorted by F-16s, which is similar to the crazy flight of the Afghan Air Force.
According to Russian media reports, Russia's S400 long-range anti-aircraft missile on Friday smashed a Su-27 fighter into pieces, and the pilot identity of this Su-27 fighter also shocked the outside world as a Ukrainian Air Force colonel named Oksanchenko, who was also the pilot in the downing of the Su-27 fighter, and this pilot has been discharged as early as 2018, and this flight is also another flight after being discharged.
Although the pilot is a veteran pilot, but his flight resume is quite excellent, according to the information revealed by the Ukrainian side, Oksanchenko and has more than 2000 flight hours, and has participated in the aerobatic show team, in 2013 to 2018, he served as a member of the Ukrainian Air Force Su27 fighter demonstration team, has participated in the Slovakia Air Show, czech international air show, British tattoo and many other important air shows, at the same time, After being discharged from the army in 2018, the pilot has been working as a flight adviser to the Ukrainian Air Force.
The Russian S400 long-range air defense missile ignition fire shot at the Soviet-27 fighter jet in Ukraine, but also once again shows that Russia's air defense missile strength is strong, S400 long-range air defense missile is a can achieve, for 400 kilometers away from the target strike of the air defense missile, China Turkey has been equipped with this type of missile, compared to the Strength of the United States Patriot THREE air defense missile S400 more powerful. Text/Iris