The Ukrainian Armed Forces have shot down a Russian A-50 long-range radar aircraft, the third since the start of the war. The plane was hit by a projectile from the S-200 anti-aircraft system.

“The entire crew of the Russian A-50 long-range radar detection aircraft has been killed,” said an official from the Ukrainian Military Intelligence Directorate quoted by the Ukrinform news agency.

This would be the third A-50 shot down since the beginning of the conflict, after the one hit by hostile forces in Ukrainian territory.. On January 14, the Air Force shot down an A-50 and an Il-22.

On February 23, a second A-50 aircraft was disabled at the Russian military base in Machulishchi by Belarusian partisans.

Two years of war in Ukraine

These events occur exactly on the same day that the second anniversary of the start of the war between Ukraine and Russia takes place.. This Saturday, kyiv's Maidan Square was filled with Ukrainian flags in memory of the soldiers killed in the war and relatives came to the place to light candles in memory of the deceased.

For their part, in Russia, the security forces have made several arrests during an event held alongside the Kremlin by wives of soldiers fighting in Ukraine and who demand the return home of their spouses.

However, the end of the conflict will still take time to come.. This same Saturday, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported that its troops have occupied more advantageous positions on the Avdivka front, where the Russian advance has continued since the conquest of the Ukrainian bastion of the same name on February 17.