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| Date: | Thursday 20 February 2025 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-29 |
| Owner/operator: | Ukrainian Air Force |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Northern Ukraine -
 Ukraine
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Russian forces claimed the shootdown of a Ukrainian Air Force MiG-29. Sources claim that the aircraft was fired upon by a Russian Air Force Su-30SM2 aircraft firing an R-73 or R-77 missile, which damaged the aircraft significantly. However, with this damage the aircraft was reportedly able to continue flying for a short period of time. The pilot was reportedly able to eject from the aircraft. Several Russian military blogger channels report that the aircraft was further targeted by a 9K37 Buk missile system.
Sources:
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/russia-ukraine-war/russia-claims-to-have-taken-control-of-2-villages-in-ukraine/3488965
https://topwar.ru/259919-rossijskaja-pvo-sbila-tretij-za-nedelju-istrebitel-mig-29-vsu.html
https://vz.ru/news/2025/2/22/1316477.html
https://www.gazeta.ru/army/news/2025/02/22/25151468.shtml
https://topcor.ru/56953-rossijskaja-pvo-sbila-istrebitel-mig-29-vozdushnyh-sil-ukrainy.html
https://rg.ru/2025/02/22/rossijskaia-pvo-sbila-ocherednoj-istrebitel-mig-29-vvs-ukrainy.html
https://bulgarianmilitary.com/2025/02/22/russia-says-it-downs-3rd-ukrainian-mig-29-fulcrum-this-week/
https://tass.com/defense/1917435
https://tass.com/politics/1917093
https://tass.com/politics/1916453
https://tass.com/politics/1915819
https://t.me/ZOV_Voevoda/27251
https://t.me/warhistoryalconafter/208113
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Feb-2025 07:18 | Nebo | Added |
| 23-Feb-2025 17:57 | The2ndBaron | Updated [Damage, ] |
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