Russia shot down Ukraine’s MiG-29 fighter
The Russian military shot down another MiG-29 fighter jet of Ukraine near Odessa with its air defense systems.
Major General Igor Konashenkov, spokesman for the Ministry of Defense Russia announced this on May 27, according to the Russian newspaper Izvestia.
“Russian air defense systems shot down a MiG-29 of the Ukrainian Air Force in the Bilyari region, Odessa province,” Konashenkov said.
In addition, the Russian military destroyed eight Ukrainian military drones in the Liptsy, Balakleya, Malye Prohody, Glubokoe and Glinskoe regions of Kharkiv Oblast and the settlements of Yampol, Maslyakovka and Vasilyevka of Donetsk.
“A Ukrainian Tochka-U ballistic missile was also intercepted in the Svatovo region of the Lugansk People’s Republic,” Konashenkov added.
According to information from the Russian Defense Ministry, since the beginning of the special operation until May 27, the Russian military has destroyed a total of: 180 aircraft, 127 helicopters, 1,027 drones, 324 missile combinations. anti-aircraft fire… of Ukrainian forces.
A day earlier, Russian air defense systems shot down a Mi-24 attack helicopter and a military transport plane of the Ukrainian Air Force.
On February 24, Russia announced the start of a special operation to protect Donbass in the context that the situation in this region worsened in mid-February. The Donetsk and Lugansk authorities said the Ukrainian army had increased artillery shelling. and announced the evacuation of civilians to Russia, as well as demanding that Moscow recognize its independence. On February 21, President Vladimir Putin signed this decree.
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