Ukrainian hackers claim to have shot down a $50m SU-57 fighter using Russia's own air defense
- Ukraine says Russian defenses mistakenly destroyed one of Moscow's premier fighter jets
- InformNapalm claims cyber intelligence turned Russian air defenses against their own aircraft
- Russia insists a technical failure caused the reported Su-57 crash near Moscow
A Russian Su-57 fighter jet recently crashed in the Moscow region, and Ukrainian intelligence sources say it was no accident.
The international intelligence community InformNapalm claims a combined human and cyber intelligence operation manipulated a Russian air defense unit into striking its own aircraft.
The jet, valued at roughly $50 million, represents one of Russia's most advanced fighter platforms currently in active service.
How the operation reportedly unfolded
InformNapalm says the effort began earlier, when analysts processed a large volume of intercepted Russian communications and footage from a training ground.
That footage showed the BARS Moscow air defense system being trained specifically to counter Ukrainian long-range drones over the capital region.
Analysts used the...
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