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34 years ago, #OTD in 1987, Russian Su-33, a carrier-based fighter aircraft, performed it maiden flight.
It was developed for the Russian Navy in “Sukhoi Design Bureau”.

As of today, Su-33 remains in service, and in 2016-2017, it flew numerous sorties against Islamic State positions in Syria from the aircraft carrier “Admiral Kuznetsov”.

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34 года назад, в этот день в 1987 г., российский палубный истребитель Су-33 совершил свой первый полет.
Самолет был разработан для российского ВМФ в ОКБ Сухого.

В настоящее время эти истребители по-прежнему в строю, а в 2016-2017 гг. Су-33 авианесущего крейсера "Адмирал Кузнецов" наносили многочисленные удары по позициям ИГИЛ в Сирии.

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Russian DM #Shoigu: “The presence of over 120 members of US private military companies in Avdeyevka and Priazovskoye, Donetsk Region, has been proved reliably. They are setting up firing positions in residential houses and social facilities and are preparing the Ukrainian special operations forces and far-right armed groups for active hostilities”

We recall France, Germany, UK and Canada condemning Mali’s decision to “deploy Russian mercenaries”. Will they say the same about US mercenaries in Ukraine? Looking forward for their statement