The Ukrainian Air Defense Forces shot down five enemy targets on April 3.
According to Ukrinform, the Air Force Command informed this on Facebook.
It is noted that the Ukrainian Air Defense Forces destroyed two cruise missiles, a helicopter and two aircraft - Su-34 and Su-35.
The Ukrainian defenders also hit an IL-22 repeater aircraft (air control point). From the intercepted radio exchange of the Russians it became known that the plane was damaged, the cabin was depressurized, and the pilots requested an emergency landing at Rostov airport.
As Ukrinform reported, from February 24 to April 3, the total combat losses of Russian troops stand at about 18,000 personnel.
Apparantly a Russian helicopter defected to Ukraine. https://twitter.com/MotolkoHelp/status/ ... 1104368641
Apparantly, 6 Russian helicopters took off from Gomel for a flight to Russia. One (RF-04812) broke formation and went in a south eastern direction, towards Ukraine. Never to be heard from again by the Russians... Perhaps tomorrow we see the pictures of it somewhere in a field. Today there were also pictures of a Russian tank that the crew sold to the Ukrainians.
Thank you for those details.
It is usefull as it is somtimes hard to avoid counting twice the same shot-down machine (for examole once when it is filmed beeing shot down and a second time when photos of the wreckages appear later, without linking it to the previously reported "kill").
By the way, I may have been inattentive, but I am not sure that this Ka-52, presumably lost at Hostomel during the first hours of the war, was already reported (my excuses if it was). https://ukraine-appeal.com/breaking-new ... v-airport/
4 Volga-Dnepr An-124’s have been confiscated, 3 in Leipzig, one in Canada. These will most likely be transferred to the Ukraine ARMA Agency. Russia and VDA have issued air worthiness certificates for these aircraft, without permission from the Antonov company.