In this region, the Russian Federation does not have the appropriate military air defense equipment to shoot down air targets in the sky over Odessa.
The Russian Ministry of Defense for the third time in a month announced the alleged downing of a Ukrainian military transport aircraft near Odessa. The Ukrainian authorities have denied the Russian fake.
In particular, on June 4, at a briefing by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, its speaker, Major General Igor Konashenkov, reported about the crash of a Ukrainian plane near Odessa.
“Russian air defense systems in the Odessa region shot down a military transport aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force, which was delivering weapons and ammunition,” he said.
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The speaker of the Odessa Regional State Administration Sergey Bratchuk denied the information of the invaders.
“We refute this and laugh at it. This is not the first such statement of theirs that simply does not fit on their heads. With such statements they are trying to compensate for the successes of the Ukrainian Armed Forces for their audience precisely in terms of countering enemy aircraft. It is we who shoot down their helicopters, planes, we destroy Russian missiles in the air,” he said in a comment BBC News Ukraine.
Information about the downing of the plane in the Odessa region was also denied by the command of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
“This is a fake,” said Yury Ignat, a spokesman for the command.
Bratchuk also notes that in this region the Russian Federation does not have the appropriate military air defense equipment to shoot down air targets in the sky over Odessa.
It is noteworthy that Konashenkov made similar statements on May 26 and April 17. Then they allegedly hit the military transport planes of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which were delivering “Western weapons and ammunition.” At the same time, the Russian side does not provide evidence of such attacks, nor does it inform about which Ukrainian aircraft are regularly shot down in the Odessa region.
BBC News Ukraine also emphasizes that in general, according to the estimates of the Russian defense department, since the beginning of the war, the Russian Federation has allegedly destroyed 187 Ukrainian aircraft. At the same time, the Global Firepower analytical center reported that as of 2021, the Armed Forces of Ukraine had 172 aircraft.
The fact that the statements of the invaders regarding their success in the war against Ukraine are becoming more and more absurd is also emphasized by the representative of the command of the Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
“If you believe their statements, they have already destroyed at least two Ukrainian armies,” Yuriy Ignat said.
As UNIAN wrote, on Saturday morning, Russian strategic aviation aircraft launched a missile attack on one of the districts of the Odessa region.
The enemy hit an agricultural enterprise with a cruise missile, according to preliminary data, two people were hurt.
Friday night one enemy missile was shot down over the sea, three more in the Nikolaev region.
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