Incident Sukhoi Su-30SM RF-, 25 Feb 2022
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Date:25-FEB-2022
Time:09:00
Type:Silhouette image of generic SU27 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Sukhoi Su-30SM
Owner/operator:Russian Air Force
Registration: RF-
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0
Other fatalities:2
Aircraft damage: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:Millerovo Air Base, Rostov Oblast -   Russia
Phase: Standing
Nature:Military
Departure airport:
Destination airport:
Confidence Rating: Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources
Narrative:
On 25 February 2022, Ukrainian forces fired a ballistic missiles of the 9K79-1 Tochka-U system at Millerovo Air Base, Rostov Oblast, Russia. As a result at least one Russian Air Force Sukhoi Su-30SM fighter was destroyed.

Undisclosed number of military personnel were injured or killed. Including kapitan Vitaliy Voitsekhovsky, a Ka-52 pilot from the 16th Army Aviation Brigade, who died of wounds in hospital on 17 March 2022.
On 25 February 2022, kapitan Rabazan Radjabov, a Su-30 pilot from the 31st Fighter Aviation Regiment of the Russian Air Force, was killed. Almost certainly during ballistic missile attack on the Millerovo Air Base.

Sources:

https://cityreporter.ru/voennyj-aeroport-pod-millerovo-podvergsya-udaru/
https://rostovgazeta.ru/news/politics/25-02-2022/vooruzhennye-sily-ukrainy-atakovali-millerovo-tochkoy-u
https://newizv.ru/news/world/25-02-2022/vsu-nanesli-udar-po-aerodromu-v-millerovo-v-rostovskoy-oblasti
https://liveuamap.com/en/2022/25-february-explosion-rocked-air-base-in-millerovo-rostov
https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid02YoEYzJSWfpeiTkmABmhPGi7JKHU5bMibw9ePLYsAwVdoWEq4uvGGz28M7ZRYBxWVl&id=105014091900208
https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid0xCfRu46bx4VaiyRUNbhZ431vPSNwZyUwhWiTkE5SN37xVZg9hL2vfy7qHQtTzLz6l&id=100071807121016

Media:


Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
25-Feb-2022 10:33 sinfu2a Added
25-Feb-2022 12:06 Mike Sierra Updated [Source, Embed code]
25-Feb-2022 17:53 Anon. Updated [Embed code, Narrative]
10-Mar-2023 18:48 AlxSrgv Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative]

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