Islamabad : China rubished media reports that Taiwan shot down one of its fighter jets.
Beijing on Friday clarified that report claiming that Taiwan shot down one of its Sukhoi-35 aircraft is completely “untrue and false information.”
“In response to the internet spread of “Taiwan shot down a CCP SU-35 aircraft?” Air Force Command solemnly refuted today that this is false information, and completely untrue,” the Ministry of National Defense of the Republic of China said in a statement.
Western media reports earlier claimed that Taiwan shot down China’s fighter jet.
An official statement from the Ministry of Defence, Taiwan has refuted media reports. The ministry said that this information is false and malicious.
A report by The Jewish Press said that the plane crashed in Guangxi, an autonomous coastal region in southern China, bordering Vietnam, after intruding into the Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea.
There are multiple videos on the social media showing a jet engulfed in thick smoke. The video is however from an unknown location.
There is absolutely no confirmation on this claim. Many users have in fact flagged the report terming it as false. Others claimed that the plane crashed due to a technical glitch.
Russia had in 2019 completed the deliveries of the Su-35 fighter planes to China under a contract that was signed in November 2015