Two Russian Warplanes Shot Down At Once In Iconic Locations

• 29.01.2026, 8:13

Russia has lost an Su-34 fighter-bomber and an Su-30 fighter jet.

On the evening of January 28, the Russian army tentatively lost a Su-34 fighter-bomber (according to other sources - Su-30) near Zmeiny Island, and then it became known about the probable loss of another aircraft from the Russian Armed Forces in another direction.

The Russians may have also lost a Su-30 multi-role fighter. This was reported by the head of the Center for Countering Disinformation at the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Andrey Kovalenko in his Telegram channel.

"The Russians may have lost two planes today - a Su-30 and a Su-34," Kovalenko wrote.

The head of the Center for the Study of the Occupation of Ukraine Petr Andryushchenko also circulated a report that the Russians had tentatively lost two planes, a Su-34 and a Su-30, on January 28. The second fighter jet, according to Telegram channels, the Russian Armed Forces may have lost in the Kursk region.

Monitoring channels also wrote that the Russian Armed Forces may have lost another aircraft.

Before that, the network reported that the Ukrainian Defense Forces shot down an enemy Su-34 near Zmeiny Island. Before that, monitoring channels warned of this fighter jet taking off from the Maikop military airfield.