Russian forces shoot down three Ukrainian Su-25 military aircraft

Moscow, Jun 12 (Prensa Latina) The spokesman for the Defense Ministry of the Russian Federation, Major General Igor Konashenkov, reported that Russia’s air defense and air force shot down three Ukrainian Su-25 attack planes.

June 12, 2022
10:56

As per the report, in the last 24 hours, one of said aircraft was shot down over the Dolgenkoye area of the Kharkov region by the Russian air defense, while the other two were destroyed by the aviation over the territories of the Donetsk People’s Republic.

The air force also attacked three command posts and 25 concentration areas for Ukrainian troops and war matériel.

Likewise, the Russian air defense shot down eight drones and intercepted two Tochka-U missiles and three BM-30 Uragan projectiles over the Kharkov and Kherson regions.

Konashenkov drew attention to the deaths of more than 150 Ukrainian fighters as a result of the airstrikes, in addition to the annihilation of six tanks, five field artillery guns and 10 special vehicles of the Ukrainian forces.

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