Ukraine claims to have shot down Russian spy plane

Ukraine claimed to have shot down an A-50 long range radar detection aircraft—an important and expensive spy plane whose destruction amounts to a 'a blow to Moscow's air power,' reports the BBC.

A briefing from the UK's Ministry of Defence on 23 February said that Russia 'likely' had six operational A-50s in service.

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