Ukrainische MiG-29-Jäger greifen russische Su-25 in der Nähe von Kiew an, 24. Februar 2022 (Details in den Kommentaren)

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The first red square highlights Russian Su-25 and R-73/27 (air to air missile) flying to it.

**From soniah_hub TG channel**

> Fragment of the air battle of the 40th Tactical Aviation Brigade against the enemy in the sky over the Kyiv region. Several combat sorties.

> Valentyn Korenchuk again rises into the sky and becomes a pair with the squadron commander Vyacheslav Yerk – a friend and comrade.

> Vyacheslav Yerk (1985-2022) – 4 downed fighters on February 24. Hero of Ukraine (posthumously). Vyacheslav’s missile hits the Russian plane in the clouds and it falls outside the city. But Yerk’s own plane is shot down by an enemy BUK, Korenchuk sees how the MiG-29 with his friend falls, but until the last moment he believes that he will survive.

> Valentyn Korenchuk (1976-2024) – a pilot, one of the first to master and begin to use Western weapons, was among the first to adapt the method of using MiGs for strikes against ground targets in modern combat conditions.

> „Blzholar (callsign translates into beekeeper) is probably one of the first and last pilots during the independent Ukraine who entered into dogfight and destroyed the enemy without using weapons“ – all the brothers from the_ghosts_of_kyiv_official_ua confirm

> „The title of Hero is given not for death or for words. It is given for an act.“ Valentyn Korenchuk’s feat is still waiting for worthy recognition.

> 40 Brigade of Tactical Aviation – „Ghost of Kyiv“. We remember. We honor. We will not forget

This gives me goosbumps. That was such a crazy moment in time. Sad that some people still didn’t comprehend how huge the effort of the ukrainians was and still is. The mentality they show vs. the lazy western powers that for a long time were very hesitant. – I still have the opionion, that the western power should have joined the war.