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| Date: | Monday 28 April 2025 |
| Time: | 09:02 |
| Type: |  Sukhoi Su-27S |
| Owner/operator: | 39th Tactical Aviation Brigade, Ukrainian Air Force |
| Registration: | 36 Blue |
| MSN: | 36911019614 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Moshny, Cherkasy Raion, Cherkasy Oblast -
 Ukraine
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Zhytomyr-Ozerne Air Base (UKKO) |
On the morning of 28 April 2025, a Ukrainian Air Force Su-27 fighter aircraft crashed under unknown combat conditions while attempting to repel a Russian UAV attack. The pilot, Kapitan Nikolay Klobnikin was reportedly able to eject from the aircraft using a Zvezda K-36 ejector seat and was retrieved by a combat search and rescue team. The pilot was taken to a medical facility for treatment and was reportedly in a stable condition.
The loss of the aircraft and the surrounding circumstances was officially acknowledged by the Air Force Command of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Complicating the matter further, the next day the Russian Ministry of Defence claimed that "Russian Aerospace Forces shot down a Ukrainian Air Force Su-27 aircraft." As a result, it is highly probabe that the aircraft was lost in combat with an aircraft of the Russian Air Force.
Ukrainian court documentation confirms the crash, allowing the aircraft to be identified as 36 Blue of the 39th Tactical Aviation Brigade. It is also revealed that the aircraft crashed in the vicinity of Moshny, Cherkasy Raion, Cherkasy Oblast.
Sources:
https://t.me/kpszsu/33414
https://www.kyivpost.com/post/51607
https://liveuamap.com/en/2025/28-april-09-ukrainian-air-forces-ukrainian-su27-crashed-this
https://x.com/squatsons/status/1916836844597055815
https://tass.com/politics/1951067
https://topwar.ru/263829-okonchatelnaja-versija-ukrainskij-su-27-nad-cherkassami-byl-unichtozhen-rossijskim-istrebitelem.html
https://www.jetphotos.com/photo/10289581
https://verdictum.ligazakon.net/document/127308927
https://www.scramble.nl/database/military/ua
Location
Media:
A Ukrainian Su-27 was downed while preforming AD operations against Geran drones. The pilot ejected and was picked up by rescue teams in stable condition.
— ayden (@squatsons) April 28, 2025
Reportedly this is the video of the crash. pic.twitter.com/dNRGgbmUi4
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Apr-2025 10:37 | gerard57 | Added |
| 28-Apr-2025 11:49 | Nebo | Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 28-Apr-2025 13:44 | Nebo | Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 29-Apr-2025 13:08 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 18-May-2025 15:09 | Nebo | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category, ] |
| 18-May-2025 16:27 | Nebo | Updated [Time, Narrative, ] |
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