>The Russian Air Force Has Lost Another Rare A-50 Radar Plane
>Big deal Putin will just build another one.
NATO Ukraine, yay we shot down a plane.
Putin…You just lost another couple of Ukrainian towns.
Hmm…David Axe from Forbes.
That guy made the same claim on the 14th Jan 2024.
Recycling the same story.
From wiki
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Ukrainian forces claimed to have shot down an A-50 over the Sea of Azov on 14 January while it was on duty in the Kyrylivka area. The A-50 reportedly disappeared from radar and stopped responding to requests from tactical aviation. Later several Western and Ukrainian sources reported that the pilot of a Su-30 aircraft of the Russian Air Force detected the fire and crash of an unidentified aircraft in the area, presumably the A-50.
Forbes journalist David Axe cited one analyst who claimed that Ukrainian Air Force first disabled Russian radars across Crimea, causing the Russians to reestablish radar coverage there by moving their A-50 north to near Berdyansk thus within range of a Ukrainian SAM battery. This claimed downing of an A-50 was further claimed to leave the Russian air force with just two serviceable A-50s.[24] As of 15 January 2024, the Kremlin has neither confirmed nor denied the downing of an A-50.[25] Evidence of an A-50 being shot down on January 14 has not been presented yet by any side, but a posting on the Russian social media site VK.com on February 15 2024 announced the death of Lieutenant Colonel Левченко Вячеслав Иванович (Levchenko Vyacheslav Ivanovich), and identified him as the commander of the A-50 that was lost.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beriev_A-50
>As of 15 January 2024, the Kremlin has neither confirmed nor denied the downing of an A-50.
How do you confirm or deny something that didn't happen?
What if it gets worn on the other leg a day or two later?