Ukrainian combat aircraft shot down two superior Russian warplanes in a “fierce” battle over the Kyiv region, the country’s military claimed.
Both Russian Su-35S jets were destroyed and one of two Ukrainian MiG-29s survived the dogfight, said the general directorate of the military, which added: “So far, the enemy predominates in the number and quality of the aircraft and weaponry, but not the skills.”
Ukraine said the MiGs were supported by missiles from a Soviet-era S-300 anti-aircraft system. “As a result, both aircraft of the occupiers were destroyed,” its statement said.
Justin Bronk, research fellow for airpower at the Royal United Services Institute defence think tank in London, said that the MiG-29 was “badly outclassed” by the faster, more agile SU-35S. However, a “great deal
