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Russian MoD clip published today.

Kursk-Khalino, Kursk Oblast

Su-25 '10 Yellow', RF-95181, 266 ShAP

Su-25 '26 Red', RF-95140, (18 ShAP)

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My clip is de-edited into two sorties.

1: '26 Red' following '10 Yellow'.

2: a/c unidentified.

'10 Yellow' apparently operates with a hole in the wing root. There is always a vent here, but non-repair may suggest preventative maintenance is low priority.

266 ShAP suffered a non-combat loss of '37 Yellow' to a technical fault, unclear if this footage predates that loss.

'10 Yellow' has 24 white stars, possibly indicating 240 combat sorties. It may have flown from the outset of the war.

In a March 3rd clip '26 Red' was seen with 11 red stars (110 sorties).

Speculate that '26 Red' may be a replacement for an 18 ShAP airframe loss.

An interesting thread on the S-24B rockets used in the clip, and which seem to be increasingly frequent in clips of 266 ShAP / 18 ShAP.

Using 5.5km range for the S-24B (achieved in a recent video), the impact site may have been west of Pershotraveneve.

Mi-24VM '17 Yellow' RF-13010 was recently lost 1.5km from the Su-25's firing position.