The spokesman for the Russian Defense Ministry, Major General Igor Konashenkov, reported the downing of three Ukrainian fighter jets, one Su-24 and two Su-25s.

He explained that “air missiles hit two positions of the command of the Ukrainian army, including the command of the 72nd mechanized brigade in the Zabovka area in the Kharkiv region, as well as 16 areas of concentration of manpower and military equipment, 8 long-range missiles. launch sites and 5 missile and artillery bases near Krasnoliman in the Kharkiv region, Vladimirovka and Konstantinovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic and Perestov in the Luhansk People’s Republic.

He pointed out that “as a result of the strikes, more than 360 elements of Ukrainian extremist nationalists were neutralized, 78 units of military equipment were disabled, as the planes bombed 3 command posts, 104 places of concentration of personnel and military equipment, and two fuel bases.”

According to Konashenkov, rocket and artillery shells hit 325 areas of concentration of manpower and equipment, 14 command posts and 24 artillery batteries in firing positions. Russian air defense shot down two Ukrainian Su-25 fighters near Yevgenovka in the Nikolaev region and Velika-Kamishevakhi, as well as another Su-24 fighter near Zimena Island.