>>64383320 (OP)
>less fuel for Russia to worry about
Foolish holhols, this is merely mighty russia's 5d chess move in order to win this war. Now that that's out of the way, apparently both pilots died as well. Supposedly it happened because of mechanical problems.
>>64383326
A little over 50 have been confirmed to be lost so far with another 15 reportedly haven been damaged somewhat. So going off of what google says about the prewar numbers, Russia had at minimum roughly 90 and a max of 160 airframes.
