One of Moscow's fighter jets has been shot down by Ukrainian forces, according to a military blogger with links to the Russian air force. Another pro-Moscow milblogger said that the Sukhoi Su-34 aircraft had been downed by a Western-supplied F-16.

Following reports that a Russian Su-34 was shot down by a Ukrainian-operated F-16, Moscow has remained notably quiet. Instead of acknowledging the incident, pro-Kremlin sources highlighted an unrelated Su-34 strike on a Ukrainian stronghold in the Kursk region.

A Russian military blogger claims that a Ukrainian F-16 allegedly shot down a Russian Su-34 fighter jet. If confirmed, this would mark the first instance of a Russian-piloted fighter being destroyed by a Western-supplied aircraft for the Ukrainian Armed Forces,