There's footage of a crashing aircraft circulating on Twitter and reddit[0], purportedly of this particular aircraft, and in one of the clips a plume from a mis

There's footage of a crashing aircraft circulating on Twitter and reddit[0], purportedly of this particular aircraft, and in one of the clips a plume from a missile can be seen. The aircraft depicted is clearly missing some of the vertical stabilizer and other flight surfaces which is consistent with a surface to air missile, which tends to bring down the targets by fragmentation damage (the aircraft doesn't explode in a Michael Bay fireball despite common belief). Furthermore the abrupt descent shown on the speed data suggests a catastrophic in-flight breakup, rather than something like a multiple engine failure wherein the aircraft would be able to glide, so being shot down or a bomb being detonated on board seem like the most likely causes. My money's on the former. [0] https://old.reddit.com/r/RussiaUkraineWar2022/comments/15zamen/footage_shows_how_russian_army_air_defense_shut/ https://old.reddit.com/r/RussiaUkraineWar2022/comments/15zam...