Russia claims its drones destroyed two parked Ukrainian MiG-29 fighter jets on the ground and shot down a third MiG-29 in the air today, whose pilot ejected safely, according to journalist Asaf Rozentzweig (N12) citing a Russian announcement. The claims have not been independently verified.
Russia said on Saturday that its drones destroyed two parked Ukrainian MiG-29 fighter jets on the ground and shot down a third MiG-29 in the air, with the pilot ejecting safely, according to journalist Asaf Rozentzweig (N12) citing a Russian announcement.
The earlier message from a curated Telegram source, timestamped 14:23, reported that a Ukrainian MiG-29 was destroyed on the ground and another MiG-29 crashed. The second message at 16:48 added the claim that Russian drones destroyed two parked MiG-29s and shot down another in the air. The two messages appear to describe the same set of events, with the later message providing additional detail attributed to a Russian claim.
The Zioneer reported at 14:24 that a Ukrainian MiG-29 was destroyed on the ground and another lost in a crash, based on Ukrainian reports. The latest claims — that the ground destruction was caused by Russian drones and that a third aircraft was shot down — come from a Russian source only and have not been independently verified. Previous Russian claims of large-scale drone interceptions (330, 555, and 660 drones on separate nights) have also gone unverified by independent sources.
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