The Ukrainians have sunk the Moskva in the Black Sea. Ok, ok, they claimed they have hit with Neptune missiles, the Russians claim a fire has led to an ammunition depot explosion and that it roled onto its side. Either way, ship is cancelled. Most likely together with a Ka-27 which it normally has on board. Apparantly this all happened in a severe storm on the Black Sea, so good chance the chopper is still in the hangar.
Great news!
And identification of a previously reported Su-34: 31rd. The tweet mentions it is RF-93823, but there are no picture of that. Only old pictures of the particular frame with serial, but I am not sure how confirmed that makes the serial. https://twitter.com/UAWeapons/status/15 ... VBCBUF82iA
And two days ago the airfield near Kherson was shelled again by the Ukrainians. Rumour has it that more helicopters have been destroyed again, but we will probably find out soon when the airfield gets liberated...
Chersones and Chernobaevka must be the same airbase.
Chersones is a very large heliport, with many parking places for the Ukrainan helicopters.
Russian commanders who lost their lifes on Chernobaevka/Chersones:
Gen Lt Andrej Mordvichev, kia 16 (19?) march Chernobaevka, com 8 OA, mobile phone, battle damage,
Gen Lt Yakov Vladimorovich Ryazantsev, kia 24 march airport Chernobaevka, chef 49 OA, 49 OA command post,
Colonel Aleksej Sharov, kia 16 march? Chernobaevka, com 810 gardesmarininfanteribrigade,
Looking at previous pictures, this Su-34 is the one mentionned as being shot down on March 5h : "A two-seat Su-34, registration number RF-81879 - Red 24, is shot down by Ukrainian forces near Chernihiv at 11:30. Both pilots ejected. Ukrainian forces captured the pilot; the co-pilot died."
It is Su-34 red 24 from Shagol air base. You have the special sign behind the pilots on the aircrafts left side. It is a "brave sign" from Syria. It has been visible of fragments on twitter a long time.
10-09 Su-34 24 red RF-81879 2019 2019 Shagol VKS cam
But remember that russian aircraft also shot their missiles from Russian soil, and as a consequence were downed on the Russian side.
