Video of a Russian fighter being blown out of the sky by Ukrainian forces has been surfaced online.
The country which has been in a bloody conflict with Russia
for 11 days now has also claimed that it has destroyed 285 Russian tanks
and 88 jets.
Despite initial concerns Ukraine would quickly fall to
Russia, power is instead said to be draining from the Kremlin as the
botched invasion drags on.
The clip
painting a picture of Putin's failures appears to show a Russian Su-25 fighter
jet being destroyed as it soared over Kharkiv. The plane transforms into a
fireball as it plummets to the ground, much
to the delight of Ukrainians
watching below.
Regional governor of Kharkiv, Oleg Synegubov, said his
city's Air Defence Forces subdued the target with two surface-to-air
missiles. The aircraft can be seen erupting over Ukraine's second city as
people cheer before crashing to the ground and exploding again upon impact.
Synegubov
said the jet was part of a legion of Russian aircraft that had been conducting
regular bombing campaigns over the city.
Other
video taken from a different angle from a security camera also shows the plane
being shot down in a blazing ball of fire.
And a third video shows the plane crashing to the ground and
lighting up the night sky, filmed from the window of someone's home.
Just yesterday footage emerged of Russian pilots
pleading for their lives as they were captured by soldiers and civilians.
Pictures show the burning wrecks of Russian aircraft and the
terrified faces of Putin's men as they were detained after ejecting from their
planes.
Footage shared online saw the airmen tied up with their hands
behind their backs - some bloody after their desperate escapes, while
explaining they were simply "following orders".
Ukraine today claimed they have killed 11,000 Russian troops
since the invasion began. With 11 days having passed since the initial
attack, that means that Putin has lost approximately 1,000 men every single
day.
They also say they have taken out 44 planes, 48 helicopters, 285 tanks, 109 artillery pieces and 985 armored personnel carriers.
Russian airstrikes are also believed to have killed hundreds,
maybe thousands of civilians across Ukraine.
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