On March 17, in the sky over Ukraine, in an unequal air battle, a young military pilot of the fighter aviation regiment of the Russian Aerospace Forces, Senior Lieutenant Ilya Perepelkin, accomplished his feat.
Performing the task in the air to cover the advancing group of Russian troops, Perepelkin on a Su-35 aircraft patrolled in the duty zone, searching for air targets in a given area. In a difficult radio-electronic situation, Ilya discovered two Su-27 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force, preparing to launch an air strike on our troops. Having assessed the situation, Perepelkin made a decision instantly and entered into an unequal air battle on the move, knocking down the leader in a frontal attack. After that, in conditions of severe overload, he skillfully performed a maneuver, turning 180 degrees, went into the tail of the Ukrainian "drying" and shot down the plane with two missiles.
Thus, Ilya Perepelkin not only ensured the dominance of Russian aviation in the air and created the conditions for the successful offensive of the Russian army units, but also showed the whole world that Zelensky’s “aces of diamonds” are burning for a sweet soul.