ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 349017
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| Date: | Friday 22 December 2023 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  3X Sukhoi Su-34 |
| Owner/operator: | Russian Air Force |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Kherson Oblast (Chaplynka Raion and Kalanchak Raion) -
 Ukraine
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| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
On 22 December 2023, three Russian Air Force Sukhoi Su-34 fighter-bombers were shot down by Ukrainian forces in Kherson Oblast (reportedly in Chaplynka Raion and Kalanchak Raion). Apparently, a Patriot SAM system was used. At least three crew members, including kapitan Vyacheslav Kisilev of the 559th Bomber Aviation Regiment and starshiy leytenant Stepan Zhirnov of the 277th Bomber Aviation Regiment, were killed, and at least two survived.
Sources:
https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid0hgYRMzVaLhkAy1LzsijnZ6g3S13RmA7h7BJnsdjwznMuLhAhzEgbbgKK75nbdKiMl&id=100071807121016
https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=377308214672746&set=pcb.377312698005631
https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=377308321339402&set=pcb.377312698005631
https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/ukraine-says-it-shot-down-three-russian-su-34-fullbacks
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Dec-2023 15:26 | Dolly564 | Added |
| 23-Dec-2023 20:02 | Drone Insider | Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Dec-2023 08:09 | AlxSrgv | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 26-Jan-2024 07:07 | Anon. | Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, Narrative] |
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