Russian Su-35 Shot Down by Ukraine as $85m Aircraft Goes Up in Flames.

Russian fighter jet has been shot down near the city of Nova Kakhovka in Ukraine’s southern Kherson region, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

In a statement on social media, the air force command of Ukraine’s armed forces said that at around 8 p.m. Tuesday, a unit of Ukraine’s anti-aircraft missile forces shot down a Russian fighter, “presumably an Su-35,” in the area of Nova Kakhovka.

It said that the Russian Sukhoi Su-35S fighter aircraft, worth $85 million per unit, attempted to attack an aircraft belonging to Ukraine’s air force.

“There is visual confirmation of the downing of the plane, the pilot ejected,” the post said. “In addition, during the current day, units of the anti-aircraft missile forces of the Air Force shot down 5 enemy unmanned aerial vehicles of the operational-tactical level.”