Russia supplies Mali with two Su-25s: neither lasted a year
Russia has supplied Mali with two Su-25 attack aircraft since 2022, but neither of them lasted a year. The last Su-25 crashed on 9 September.
Source: Defense Express
Quote: "The Armed Forces of Mali have lost their only Su-25 attack aircraft - the plane crashed on 9 September near Almoustrat, north of the Gao region, the loss of the attack jet has already been confirmed directly by the country's air force, and footage of the crashed plane has already been shared online."
#azawad #tin_awkar
— Issa Ag Amoudak Alla ⴰⴶ ⴰⵎⵓⴸⴾ (@issatenere) September 10, 2023
Photos exclusives de l'avion de combat de l'armée malienne abattu par les forces azawadiennes à Tin_awkre hier soir 17h@africanpercpt @azawad_news @Chaboune_Ag @cicamazawad @AJArabic @skynewsarabia pic.twitter.com/xOuC45Wy2F
Details: Colonel Alou Boi Diarra, Chief of Staff of the Malian Air Force, reported that the crash was caused by a technical error and bad weather. The pilots of the attack aircraft reportedly managed to eject.
The media notes that the crash involved an Su-25 with registration number TZ-25C, which Russia supplied to Mali's armed forces in January along with Mi-8 helicopters and L-39 aircraft. This means the Russian attack aircraft served the Malians for about eight months.
#Mali🇲🇱 - Images from the crash site suggest that the Malian Air Force lost its Su-25 reg. TZ-25C (delivered January 2023). CMA reported that their forces had fired on the jet, leading to the crash. There were also very bad weather conditions, another possible cause of the crash. https://t.co/kAGTqhNUze pic.twitter.com/BDLdUJgiOO
— Fabian (@fabsenbln) September 10, 2023
Another Su-25, which the Russian Federation delivered to Mali in August 2022, crashed on 4 October of the same year at Gao International Airport, having been in service for less than two months.
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