Ukraine stated Saturday that its forces shot down a Russian Su-35 fighter jet over the Kursk region.Russia pushed Ukrainian soldiers out of the Kursk region in late April, months after Kyiv introduced a strong cross-border offensive there in August 2024.
This morning, on June 7, 2025, as an outcome of an effective Air Force operation in the Kursk direction, a Russian Su-35 fighter jet was shot down, the Ukrainian Air Force said on its Telegram channel.The Air Force released aerial video footage showing what it states is the downed jet, its wreckage in flames.It did not define how or exactly where the aircraft was shot down.Russias Defense Ministry has not talked about the reported loss.The Moscow Times could not individually verify the claims.Pepel, a regional news outlet based in Russias Belgorod area, reported that the jet crashed in the Kornevsky district of the Kursk region.The Russian pro-war Telegram channel Fighterbomber stated that the pilot endured the crash.The Sukhoi Su-35 is among Russias most sophisticated fourth-generation fighters.Russia isbelieved to have actually lost a minimum of 7 Su-35s since the full-blown invasion of Ukraine in 2022, either to friendly fire, crashing or Ukrainian forces shooting them down.