Ukraine said Sunday it had hit an Su-57 fighter jet parked at an airfield in southern Russia, its first-ever attack on Moscow’s latest generation stealth aircraft. The flagship Su-57 entered into service with Russia’s Aerospace Forces in December 2020 and was designed to replace aging Soviet-designed fighter aircraft like the Su-27 and MiG-29. “On 8 June 2024, a Su-57 multi-purpose fighter jet of the aggressor state was struck at the Akhtubinsk airfield in Russia’s Astrakhan region, 589 kilometers from the line of contact,” Ukraine’s GUR military intelligence said. “The defeat of the Su-57 is …