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Ukrainian troops have dramatically downed a Russian fighter jet over eastern Ukraine as an oil depot was set ablaze by a drone strike more than 100 miles away in Russia.

The Soviet-designed Su-25, nicknamed “Frogfoot” by Nato, was downed over Kramatorsk, Donetsk, as it fired on Ukrainian troops.

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[–] mods_mum 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I might be wrong but I think the correct term here is attack aircraft

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_aircraft

[–] Lupus@feddit.org 5 points 3 weeks ago

Or the beautiful German terms "Erdkampfflugzeug" or "Schlachtflugzeug"