- Ukraine may have conducted a cyber attack that manipulated Russian air defenses into shooting down their own Su-57 fighter jet near Moscow on July 23.
- The incident was reported by InformNapalm, who described it as a combined HUMINT and CYBINT operation by Ukrainian special services.
- Russian Telegram channels claimed friendly fire, while the Russian Ministry of Defense officially attributed the crash to a 'technical failure'.
- Ukrainian forces had previously analyzed training broadcasts of Bars-Moscow air defense crews to exploit vulnerabilities.
- The Su-57 is a rare 5th-generation fighter, and Ukraine has previously struck or damaged other Su-57 jets at airfields in 2024 and 2026.