Vladimir Putin red-faced over embarrassing video of blunder that could cost £20million

It is believed Russian forces changeable down their ain pitchy worthy $20 cardinal erstwhile missiles were launched astatine Ukrainian positions successful the Donetsk portion of the state connected Saturday

A jawdropping video has been shared online that appears to amusement Russian forces shooting down their ain craft successful an almighty gaffe.

The affable occurrence mishap appears to amusement Vladimir Putin's forces shooting down a $20 cardinal SU-25 jet. Other reports suggest it could beryllium an adjacent pricier SU-34, which would beryllium to beryllium different setback for the Russian leader. The footage, shared by Ukrainska Pravida newspaper, allegedly shows the Russian craft launching guided bombs astatine Ukrainian positions successful Donetsk connected Saturday, October 5, earlier they were changeable retired of the sky.

It continues to amusement an craft being deed mid-air by 1 of the missiles and the wreckage aft the crash. Although it is unclear whether the clips are from the aforesaid incident, the Irish Star reports.

A erstwhile advisor of Ukraine's Internal Affairs Ministry speculated the downed craft was either an SU-25 crushed enactment pitchy oregon a Hunter S-70 drone, the Express US reported. Russian forces person been dilatory advancing successful Ukraine's eastbound Donbas region, which President Vladimir Putin annexed successful September 2022, but not without suffering dense casualties.

Earlier this week, the Ukrainian subject confirmed its withdrawal from Vuhledar, a metropolis successful Donetsk state with a pre-war colonisation of astir 14,000, aft weeks of aggravated fighting.

Despite this, Putin's troops are inactive battling to regain power of parts of Russia's Kursk province, which were captured by Ukrainian forces during a astonishment violative successful August. Anton Gerashchenko, a erstwhile advisor to Ukraine's interior affairs minister, shared footage of a destroyed craft connected X, remarking: "Videos appeared online showing a Russian Su-25 that crashed successful Donetsk region."

"There is unconfirmed accusation that it could person been affable occurrence by the Russians themselves." There is besides accusation that the crashed Russian craft is simply a Russian Su-34, not a Su-25. Its outgo is astir $40 million.

Mr Gerashchenko aboriginal speculated that the craft mightiness person been "a Russian Hunter S-70 drone that was allegedly carrying retired a reconnaissance flight," citing a Russian subject Telegram channel. He besides stated: "There is besides accusation that the crashed Russian craft is simply a Russian Su-34, not a Su-25. Its outgo is astir $40 million.

"In a abstracted development, the Ukrainian subject connected Saturday released a video that it claimed showed a Russian vessel being destroyed by a drone that dropped molten thermite implicit it. A fig of videos person surfaced showing Ukrainian "dragon drones" dropping thermite, consisting of a substance of aluminium and rust which burns astatine highly precocious temperatures, connected Russian positions successful caller weeks.

On Saturday, the Ukrainian Defence Ministry released its latest estimates for Russian casualties implicit the past 24 hours. Kyiv claimed that Russian forces had suffered 1,280 casualties and mislaid 8 tanks and 31 infantry warring vehicles successful this period, though this assertion has not been independently verified.