Ukrainian HUR soldiers successfully destroyed a Russian Su-30SM fighter jet over the Black Sea using MANPADS on 11 September. The aircraft was based in Saky, occupied Crimea.
Russian fighter jet manufacturer Sukhoi uses electronic components from American companies like Texas Instruments and Analog Devices, as well as Japanese firm Murata Manufacturing.
As Russian aviation officers inspected a force-landed Ukrainian explosive drone at Khalino airfield near Russia's Kursk on 24 September, its charge detonated, causing numerous casualties among the leadership regiment's leadership, according to a Ukrainian intelligence source.