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On Friday night, Feb. 25, 2022, Ukrainian air defenses claimed to have shot down two Russian Ilyushin Il-76 and two helicopters. Russia has not acknowledged the loss of any of its Il-76 aircraft. Ukrainian air defenses claimed to have shot down one Russian Il-76 transport near Vasylkiv, south of the …

Ukraine’s military says it has shot down a Russian military transport plane with paratroopers on board. The Ukrainian General Staff claimed that a Ukrainian Su-27 fighter had shot down a Russian Il-76 transport plane carrying paratroopers near Vasylkiv According to a statement from the military’s General Staff, the Il-76 heavy …

The airbase in Starokostyantyniv, Khmelnytskyy Oblast in western Ukraine is under attack. This is the airbase where Su-24 attacks planes of the Ukrainian Air Force are based. Reports say Ukraine housed their Bayraktar TB2 unmanned combat aerial vehicles that they acquired from Turkey there. Russia has reportedly bombed Ukraine’s Bayraktar …

Vitaly Skakun Volodymyrovych a HERO Ukrainian soldier blew himself up to destroy a bridge and stop Russian forces from storming in from Crimea. Generals hailed the sacrifice of Vitaly Skakun Volodymyrovych for halting a column of Russian tanks at Henichesk, in the southern Kherson region. The brave engineer had volunteered …

A Ukraine Air Force Su-27 fighter assigned to 831 Tactical Air Brigade jet was shot down over Kyiv. The pilot was killed. A number of unverified videos and images have appeared on social media sites as a result of the tense situation in Ukraine. A video is widely circulated on …

Russian Air Force Kamov Ka-52 helicopter made an emergency landing near Hostomel Airfield after being bit by Ukraine MANPADS. According to the video posted on Twitter by @johnsweeneyroar: “Russian chopper stung by a Stinger” Russian chopper stung by a Stinger. The war, so far, is not going as well as …

Ukrainian missile strike destroyed Russian Air Force Sukhoi Su-30SM fighter jet on the parking area of Millerovo airbase. Ukraine reportedly attacked a Russian airbase on 25 February, marking the first time that Kyiv conducted an offensive military action outside of its national borders since Russia launched its renewed invasion of …

Who is the Ghost of Kyiv? According to Twitter and Reddit, the mystery mega-ace now called “The Ghost of Kyiv” has singlehandedly shot down “six Russian aircraft” to achieve ace-in-a-day status. According to internet claims, the Ghost of Kiev chalked up six air-to-air kills with no less than two Russian …

Photo credit: Digi24.ro On Feb. 24, 2022, two F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jets belonging to the Romanian Air Force (RoAF) were scrambled to intercept an unauthorized flight approaching the national airspace. According to the Aerotime report, the aircraft was identified as a Sukhoi Su-27 (NATO reporting name: Flanker) belonging to the Ukrainian Air Force …

Credits: @JulianRoepcke A Russian Air Force Antonov An-26 transport plane is reported to have crashed in the Russian Voronezh Region, about 100 km north of the Russia-Ukraine border. All crew members on board died in the crash, the defence ministry said Thursday. The crash took place as Russian troops had …