Russian air defense shot down a Ukrainian Su-25 in the Zaporozhye region

Russian air defense systems shot down a Ukrainian Su-25 attack aircraft in the Zaporozhye region. About it reports Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.

“A Su-25 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force was shot down by air defense systems near the settlement of Novopokrovka, Zaporozhye region,” the message says.

In total, Russian troops repelled seven attacks by the Ukrainian army in the Donetsk, Zaporozhye, Krasnoliman and South Donetsk directions. In addition, in the areas of Slavyansk and Bogatyr in the DPR, two weapons depots of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were hit, and three control points were hit near Serebryanka, Grigorovka and Alexandropol.

Russia’s special operation in Ukraine began on February 24, 2022. During the fighting, Russian troops took full control of the LPR, as well as most of the DPR, Kherson and Zaporozhye regions.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces have been conducting active offensive operations since the beginning of June. Russian President Vladimir Putin named its “not a slippage, but a failure.” During the plenary session WEF He statedthat Ukraine has no results, while the losses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces since the beginning of the counter-offensive have already amounted to 71,500 people. According to the Ministry of Defense, since the beginning of the special operation, a total of 473 aircraft, 249 helicopters, more than 6,900 drones, as well as 11,960 tanks and other armored combat vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces have been destroyed.