Global Courant 2023-05-14 12:41:36
STORY: Klyntsy is about 40 km from the border in the Bryansk region, where Kommersant says the incident took place.
Kommersant said on its website that the Su-34 fighter-bomber, Su-35 fighter and two Mi-8 helicopters had ganged up and been shot down “almost simultaneously” in an ambush in Bryansk, bordering northern Ukraine.
Kommersant provided no evidence for his report that four planes had been shot down, but the same claim was also made by several heavily followed pro-war military bloggers.
Russia’s state news agency TASS said a Russian Su-34 fighter jet had crashed in that region, but did not specify a cause. It also cited an emergency services official as saying an engine fire in a helicopter had caused it to crash near Klyntsy, but made no mention of a Su-35 or a second helicopter.
The Moscow Defense Ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
