Ukraine says it struck Su-57 fighter jet on ground at Russian air base
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The Ukrainian military agency said the plane was among ‘a countable few’ of its type in Moscow’s arsenal.
Ukrainian forces have struck a latest-generation Russian Sukhoi Su-57 fighter jet at an airbase inside Russia, Kyiv’s GUR defence intelligence agency said, sharing satellite pictures which it said confirmed the attack.
In a Telegram post on Sunday, the GUR did not specify how the Su-57 was hit or by which unit of the Ukrainian military, the first such attack.
In one photo, black soot marks and small craters could be seen dotting a concrete strip around the parked aircraft.
A popular Russian pro-war military blogger, who calls himself Fighterbomber and focuses on aviation, said the report of the strike on the Su-57 was correct and that it had been hit by a drone.
The GUR said the aircraft was parked at the Akhtubinsk airfield, which it said was 589km (366 miles) from the front lines in Ukraine.
