Russia shot down 3 Ukrainian fighters and 91 drones

According to TASS, the Russian Defense Ministry said: "During the day, air defense systems shot down two MiG-29 aircraft and one Su-25 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force in the settlements of Elizavetovka in the Nikolayev, Druzhkovka and Dobropolye regions of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic. In addition, 91 Ukrainian drones were destroyed during the day."

World - Russia shot down 3 fighter jets, 91 drones of Ukraine

World - Russia shot down 3 fighter jets and 91 drones of Ukraine (Image 2).

Russian air defense system shot down Ukrainian drone.

The Defense Ministry added that two missiles fired from the HIMARS system and a Ukrainian JDAM smart bomb were also intercepted by Russia.

"The operational-tactical aviation, drones, missile forces and artillery of the Russian Armed Forces destroyed the command post of the 47th Mechanized Brigade (Ukraine). In addition, in the Konstantinovka settlement of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic, a HIMARS multiple launch rocket system launcher was hit, and fuel depots for aircraft of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were destroyed at the Kanatovo airfield in the Kirovograd region and Starokonstantinov in the Khmelnytsky region," the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement.

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The Russian Armed Forces also repelled nine attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the direction of Kupyansk during the day. "In the direction of Kupyansk, effective actions of units of the Western Group of Forces, air strikes, artillery fire and heavy flamethrower systems repelled nine attacks by assault groups of the 115th Motorized Assault Brigade and the 95th Airborne Assault Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the areas of the Sinkovka and Terny settlements in the Kharkiv region. The losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were more than 50 servicemen, one infantry fighting vehicle and two armored fighting vehicles," the statement added.

According to the Russian Defense Ministry, two Gvozdika self-propelled guns and two D-30 guns were also hit during the fighting.

Units of the Central Group of the Russian Armed Forces in the Krasny Liman direction repelled an attack by the Special Forces Brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. “In the Krasny Liman direction, units of the Central Group of Forces, with artillery support, repelled an attack by the 12th Special Forces Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine southeast of the village of Kuzmino, self-proclaimed Lugansk People's Republic,” the statement said.

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