A downed Russian Su-34 strike aircraft was found in Zaporizhzhia

Ukraine’s air defense shot down another Russian Su-34 strike aircraft.

Militarnyi reports about it.

The wreckage of Russian strike aircraft was found in Zaporizhzhia region, and it looks like the downing happened in Berdyansk district.

The board number of the downed strike aircraft has also been identified.

The downed aircraft of the Air and Space Forces of the Russian Federation had the number RF-95858 (43 red).

The fighter belonged to the 559th Aviation Bomber Regiment of Russia.

For reference: Su-34 is a strike aircraft. Designed to carry out precise missile and bomb strikes on enemy ground targets in operational and tactical depth.

Serial production of the aircraft is deployed on the Novosibirsk Aircraft Industrial Association named after Chkalov.

The aircraft was designed to replace the Su-24 attack aircraft used in armed conflicts in recent years.

Development of the aircraft began on the 19th of June, 1986, under the code name T-10V. The ground for development of the plane was based of the project of a successful Su-27 fighter.

The first flight of the serial aircraft Su-34, built under the state order for the PKS of Russia, took place on the 12th of October, 2006.

On the 20th of March, 2014, the Su-34 strike fighter was adopted by the Air Force of the Russian Federation.