A bitter loss for Putin? Ukraine may destroy multi-million dollar spy plane. Kiev apparently carried out another such attack at the weekend.
The target of the attack was a factory in the city of Taganrog in Rostov Oblast on the coast of the Sea of Azov. The Beriev A-50 Schmel is the Russian Army's most important airborne radar system for airspace reconnaissance and surveillance. The aircraft is also extremely expensive: depending on the equipment, it costs between 300 and 500 million dollars.