Kyiv scored another aerial victory, as one of its US-made F-16 Fighting Falcons was credited with shooting down a Russian Sukhoi Su-35S air superiority fighter. The London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies reported that at least five Su-35s had been previously lost in the ongoing fighting, with four credited to Ukrainian air defenses. 

Another was shot down in a friendly fire incident in September 2023. Other sources put the losses as high as eight Flanker-E/Ms, counting this latest one.

The Ukrainian Defense Ministry announced on Saturday in a post on X that a Su-35S was shot down near Russia’s Kursk Oblast. It marked the first air-to-air “kill” of the Soviet-designed fighter that earned the nickname “Super Flanker.”

What Happened Between the Ukrainian F-16 and the Russian Su-35S?

Though much has been made about this showdown between the two Cold War........

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