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The Kremlin may have lost another Su-35 aircraft on Thursday, and the Su-27 derivative may have been the victim of friendly fire according to early reports. Video of a Russian fighter aircraft engulfed in flames as it fell back to the earth quickly circulated on social media.
The Su-35 is just a heavily upgraded derivative of the Su-27 aircraft (NATO reporting name "Flanker") that was originally intended for export. However, it has been in service with the Russian Air Force since 2014 and made its first combat deployment in Syria in 2015 – where it was employed to provide cover for other Russian aircraft on bombing missions.
As the strained Iran-Israel relationship goes, Tehran's acquiring the Russian S-400 defense and Su-35 affects how it can assault nuclear facilities in the Israeli military.
Wreckage of an R-37M missile allegedly fired from Russian jets has been seized by Ukraine. Ukraine captures valuable wreckage of a deadly Russian missile launched from the Su-35 and MiG-31 as its most advanced armament.
Russia has awarded one of its Su-35S pilots that destroyed many targets during 800 flight operations.