Our source in the General Staff told how Ukraine provokes enemy air defense to attack its own aircraft. The method is banal and has been working for the second year, at the time of departure of any aircraft, our units launch 4-5 UAVs along this route, which confuses the Russian air defense. This is how a dozen fighters, a reconnaissance plane, and today a TU-22M3 were shot down.
The Russian Tu-22MZ was shot down in the Stavropol region of the Russian Federation, at a distance of about 300 kilometers from Ukraine, "by the same means that the Russian A-50 was previously hit by."
This is stated by GUR. Intelligence publishes a video, as it is claimed, of the calculation of the air defense system.
It will be recalled that the first A-50 was shot down in January over the Sea of Azov. According to experts, he was shot down with the help of the Patriot system, which was located not far from the front line.
The second A-50 was shot down in February. The mass media reported that he was shot down by Ukrainian air defense in the Krasnodar region.