Ukrainian MiG-29 shoots down "Shahed-136" with R-73 missile at night. VIDEO

A MiG-29 pilot of the Ukrainian Armed Forces destroyed a Russian-Iranian Shahed-136 kamikaze drone in the night sky using an R-73 missile.

According to Censor.NET, a video recording of a fragment of the Ukrainian pilot's combat work was posted on social media.

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The R-73 is a short-range Soviet air-to-air guided missile with an infrared homing system. It was designed specifically for highly manoeuvrable close-air combat.

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Author: Екатерина Людвик