Missile event in Ukraine on Wed 30th September 2026

30th September 2026

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Yesterday, a Ukrainian MiG-29 of the 40th Tactical Aviation Brigade was shot down by a Russian R-37/77 air-to-air missile launched by a Su-35 fighter jet.

The pilot, 25-year-old Captain Mambetov Marat Redvanovich, ejected after the aircraft was hit, but did not survive.

The MiG-29 was likely shot down near the village of Dolynske in western Zaporizhzhia Oblast at 1:16pm, after it was returning from a combat mission to launch glide-bombs at Russian positions in the Orikhiv direction. A Russian Su-35 which was circling in the area of Mykhailivka, Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia Oblast, at the time, and launched two R-37M air-to-air missiles. An explosion was heard in Dolynske, likely from the aircraft being shot down.

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