Russian authorities claim that the country's military has downed five Ukrainian warplanes in just 24 hours.
"The fighter jets of the Russian Aerospace Forces have shot down five Ukrainian military aircraft in the last 24 hours," Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov, a spokesman for the Russian Defense Ministry, said during the meeting. Press conference to update the military situation on January 8.
According to General Konashenkov, Ukrainian planes excluded from combat include a Su-27 heavy fighter over the Lozovoye settlement in Kharkov, a Su-24 fighter jet over the Izium settlement in Kharkov. , 2 Su-25 fighters and a MiG-29 fighter in the Donbass area.
Also at the press conference on January 8, the Russian Defense Ministry spokesman confirmed that five Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) were destroyed by Ukrainian air defense forces in the airspace of the Lugnask People's Republic (LPR). ostensible. In addition, 10 rockets from Kiev's multiple launch rocket systems were also shot down.
"The Russian air force has eliminated from the battle five enemy UAVs in the settlements of Patalakhovka, Kuzemovka, Kuzmino, Kreminna and Pshenichnoye in the People's Republic of Lugansk. In addition, 10 rockets from rocket launchers were launched. Ukraine's HIMARS and Uragan series were also intercepted in the Donbass," Lieutenant General Konashenkov said.
According to the Russian Defense Ministry, since the conflict between Moscow and Kiev broke out, Russian military attacks have left many heavy losses on the Ukrainian side. Accordingly, 365 combat aircraft, 199 helicopters, 2,848 UAVs, 400 surface-to-air missile systems, 7,449 tanks and armored vehicles, 972 multiple launch rocket artillery systems, more than 3,700 howitzers and mortars, and more. Nearly 8,000 Ukrainian military vehicles were destroyed.
Ukraine's Defense Ministry has not yet commented on these claims.
Recently, fighting is taking place extremely intensely in key battlefields in eastern and southern Ukraine.
Both Russia and Ukraine are urgently increasing their attack speed to quickly control more territory in the Donbass region. Many soldiers and heavy military equipment were gathered in two "fire pans" of Bakhmut and Kreminna to fuel the advance of these forces.
In southern Ukraine, intense fighting is also taking place in the area of the city of Kherson and the Russian army's line on the left bank of the Dnieper River. This strategic line of Moscow in recent days has been repeatedly targeted by heavy weapons of Ukraine.
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