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Russian fighter jet downed over eastern Ukraine as oil depot set ablaze (www.independent.co.uk)

submitted 2 weeks ago by HowRu68@lemmy.world to c/ukraine@sopuli.xyz

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Ukrainian troops have dramatically downed a Russian fighter jet over eastern Ukraine as an oil depot was set ablaze by a drone strike more than 100 miles away in Russia.

The Soviet-designed Su-25, nicknamed “Frogfoot” by Nato, was downed over Kramatorsk, Donetsk, as it fired on Ukrainian troops.

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[–] rbesfe@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 weeks ago (12 children)

Love when journalists call anything with a jet engine and wings a "fighter jet"

[–] k_rol@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

What would you call it for the general population?

[–] mods_mum@lemmy.today 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I might be wrong but I think the correct term here is attack aircraft

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_aircraft

[–] Lupus 5 points 2 weeks ago

Or the beautiful German terms "Erdkampfflugzeug" or "Schlachtflugzeug"

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