Russia: We shot down 4 Ukrainian army fighter jets

The spokesman of the Russian defense ministry konashenkov made statements about the actions of the russian army in the war in ukraine.

Stating that Russian assault detachments in Artyömovsk (Bahmut) in the direction of Donetsk seized control of three districts in the northwestern, central and southwestern regions in one day, Konashenkov said Russian airborne troops closed the northern and southern perimeters. from the city. .

Konashenkov claimed that in the northwestern and central parts of the city of Artyömovsk, counterattack attempts by offensive detachments of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were prevented.

Noting that Russian Air Force planes shot down 3 Ukrainian Air Force planes in one day, Konashenkov said that 2 Mig-29s were shot down near the Novoukrainka and Sergeyevka settlements in the Donetsk region, and one Su fighter -25. jet was shot down near the Dolgenkoye settlement in the Kharkiv region.

Konashenkov also said: “Russian air defense systems shot down an Su-25 fighter jet of the Ukrainian Air Force in the vicinity of Ugledar.” he used the phrase.

Spokesman Konashenkov said that to date, 411 aircraft, 228 helicopters, 3,776 UAVs, 415 air defense missile systems, 8,732 tanks and armored vehicles, 1,089 multiple-barrel rocket launchers, 4,619 howitzers and air guns, 9 He noted that 1,617 private military vehicles were destroyed. (AA)