This is the issue now. The world can see it, experts confirm it, eyewitnesses confirm it and video footage confirms it. Indian Spokesman deny it.
This not only really damages their credibility, but goes some way to explaining why western media (previously tilting towards India in the past) was more open to explaining the Pakistani narrative., I have literally never seen such a pro Pak news repport by CNN.
This changing of world opinion is, arguabley, almost just as important to Pakistan as the 5 downed jets
Of course, 5 days later and still no official word from IAF on the losses further reinforces Pak claims