Russian military received 15 million rubles for shooting down F-16 fighter jet
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Russian servicemen received 15 million rubles for the destruction of an American F-16 fighter jet, TASS reports , citing the Ural proppant manufacturing company Fores.
The monetary certificates were received by 12 military personnel of the Russian Armed Forces involved in the liquidation of the target. The award ceremony took place on May 29 in the border area in the presence of the command.
In December 2024, Forest promised to pay a reward of 15 million rubles for the destruction of the first American F-16 fighter in the combat zone in Ukraine. At that time, it was reported that the military could have shot down a Ukrainian military aircraft over the Zaporizhia region.
On April 13, 2025, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported that air defense systems shot down an F-16 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force.
In July last year, fighters of the Center group of forces were awarded a cash reward for the destruction of Western equipment in the Avdeevka direction. At that time, the deputy executive director of the Forest company, Ilya Potanin, reported that there would also be an incentive for the destruction of F-15 and F-16 combat aircraft - the reward for the first would be 15 million rubles.
Vedomosti.ru
