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| Date: | Monday 22 December 2025 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Sukhoi Su-30SM 12Red |
| Owner/operator: | Russian Air Force |
| Registration: | RF-95838 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | Lipetsk Airfield -
 Russia
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
A Russian AF Sukhoi Su-30 was claimed to have been destroyed at Lipetsk Airfield in an Ukrainian's special forces attack. The airplane was set on fire inside a hangar. There is a reference to tail numbers '12' and '82'.
Sources:
https://mezha.net/eng/bukvy/ukrainian-intelligence-destroys-two-russian-fighters-near-lipetsk/
https://x.com/clashreport/status/2002992026057622002
https://newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/ukraine-strikes-su-27-and-su-30-fighter-jets-1766387653.html
https://x.com/MarcinRogowsk14/status/2003061111579693309
Media:
It is NOT an arsonist, what is probably a politically motivated terminus! And by the way - in front of a "U" there is a "an" and not a "a"!
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Dec-2025 08:06 | gerard57 | Added |
| 22-Dec-2025 08:13 | Anon. | Updated [Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 22-Dec-2025 08:16 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 23-Dec-2025 17:34 | Dolly564 | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Source, ] |
| 23-Dec-2025 18:09 | Anon. | Updated [Embed code, Narrative, ] |
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