{"id":259,"date":"2026-04-05T13:58:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T17:58:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jakony.com\/frontpage\/?p=259"},"modified":"2026-04-05T13:58:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T17:58:22","slug":"three-russian-aircraft-lost-over-crimea-in-a-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jakony.com\/frontpage\/video\/three-russian-aircraft-lost-over-crimea-in-a-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Russian Aircraft Lost Over Crimea in a Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"1793\" data-end=\"2044\"><strong data-start=\"1793\" data-end=\"1814\">(KYIV, UKRAINE) &#8211;<\/strong> Ukraine has pointed to the reported loss of three Russian military aircraft over or near occupied Crimea in the space of a week as further evidence that Moscow\u2019s forces are becoming increasingly vulnerable in Ukrainian territory.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2046\" data-end=\"2432\">The claim, amplified in Ukrainian commentary and discussed by Russian military bloggers, centres on the reported loss of a <strong data-start=\"2169\" data-end=\"2178\">Su-30<\/strong>, a <strong data-start=\"2182\" data-end=\"2191\">Su-34<\/strong>, and an <strong data-start=\"2200\" data-end=\"2209\">An-26<\/strong> aircraft. The most consequential incident, according to the account, involved the <strong data-start=\"2292\" data-end=\"2301\">An-26<\/strong>, which was said to have been carrying senior Russian military personnel, including <strong data-start=\"2385\" data-end=\"2431\">Lieutenant General Aleksandr Ocheretchenko<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2434\" data-end=\"2737\">While independent confirmation of all the details remains limited, the incidents have drawn renewed attention to the deteriorating security environment for Russian forces in occupied Crimea, where Ukraine has steadily expanded its strike reach against air assets, naval infrastructure and command nodes.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"RUSSIA MILITARY AVIATION AND GENERAL GONE IN CRIMEA Vlog 1368: War in Ukraine\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/u7gsP0s-xp4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(KYIV, UKRAINE) &#8211; Ukraine has pointed to the reported loss of three Russian military aircraft over or near occupied Crimea in the space of a week as further evidence that Moscow\u2019s forces are becoming increasingly vulnerable in Ukrainian territory. The claim, amplified in Ukrainian commentary and discussed by Russian military bloggers, centres on the reported loss of a Su-30, a Su-34, and an An-26 aircraft. The most consequential incident, according to the account, involved the An-26, which was said to have been carrying senior Russian military personnel, including Lieutenant General Aleksandr Ocheretchenko. While independent confirmation of all the details remains&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"iawp_total_views":141,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-europe","category-video","entry","rows"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":105,"url":"https:\/\/jakony.com\/frontpage\/video\/russian-armour-and-aviation-suffer-heavy-losses-as-front-line-clashes-intensify\/","url_meta":{"origin":259,"position":0},"title":"Russian Armour and Aviation Suffer Heavy Losses as Front Line Clashes Intensify","author":"Maddie Thorne","date":"March 21, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"(KYIV, UKRAINE) - Hostilities across the front line are gradually growing in scale as the spring weather improves and the traditional mud season concludes. 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