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Video shows Russian aircrew parachuting from fighter jet that Ukraine says was shot down
The SES shared photos on Twitter on Saturday showing the smoking remnants of the jet in the city, located about 95 miles north of Kyiv. Officials said on social media that the plane had been shot down and two people rescued.
The Washington Post verified the visuals and, using the number “24” on the plane’s vertical stabilizer, determined that the aircraft was a Sukhoi Su-34 fighter jet. The same plane was photographed in 2019 in Russia by plane spotters, and the identification was confirmed by Tony Wilson of the Security Force Monitor at Columbia Law School’s Human Rights Institute.
A billowing column of black smoke from the crash site could be seen from a half-mile away, according to a video verified by The Post.
Military analysts told The Post that Russia’s initial attacks on Ukrainian military targets failed to knock out the country’s air defenses. Those defenses were not centrally located, the Associated Press reported, leaving Ukraine with surface-to-air missile systems capable of shooting down planes and helicopters.