There have been unconfirmed reports that a Ukrainian F-16 destroyed a Russian Su-34 fighter plane close to the Ukrainian front lines. Pro-Russian Telegram users disseminated the tale immediately, but it was eventually refuted by well-known Russian military bloggers and media,

One of Moscow's fighter jets has been shot down by Ukrainian forces, according to a military blogger with links to the Russian air force. Another pro-Moscow milblogger said that the Sukhoi Su-34 aircraft had been downed by a Western-supplied F-16.

The russian Su-34 fighter jet, which russian bloggers claimed had crashed, could have been shot down by a Ukrainian F-16.The Institute for the Study of War