Russian pilots shot down two Ukrainian Su-27s in one day

Russian fighter pilots shot down two Su-27s of the Ukrainian Air Force in the sky over the DPR in one day, according to another report. summary The Russian Ministry of Defense on the progress of the special operation.

“During the past 24 hours, fighter aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces shot down two Su-27 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force in the areas of the settlements of Kuroyedovka and Novoselovka of the Donetsk People’s Republic,” the message says.

In total, since the beginning of the special operation, the Ukrainian Air Force has already lost 520 aircraft, according to statistics from the Russian Ministry of Defense.

The report also states that during the day, Russian forces repelled attacks from the Ukrainian side in several directions. Thus, in the Kupyansk direction, two attacks by assault groups of the 57th mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were repelled in the Sinkovka area of ​​the Kharkov region. Two attacks were also repelled in the Krasnoliman direction.

During the day, the Russian Armed Forces hit the ammunition depot of the 1st special purpose brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kharkov region and the command and observation posts of units of the 67th mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the 31st operational brigade in the Kherson direction. During the day, 48 enemy drones were shot down.

Earlier today, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu statedthat the Ukrainian Armed Forces are being defeated in the special operation zone, making unsuccessful attempts to attack Russian positions, despite the supply of NATO weapons. He noted that over the past month, the Russian army has shot down 37 aircraft and six ATACMS missiles. Shoigu noted that the number of downed aircraft is almost twice the number of F-16 fighters promised by the United States to Ukraine. “With the way our air defense system operates, this is approximately 20 days of work,” the minister said.

Ukraine announced the start of a counteroffensive in early June. The Russian side has repeatedly stated that the counter-offensive does not bring the expected results to Kyiv. On September 4, Russian President Vladimir Putin called it “not a slippage, but a failure.” On October 15, he reported that, despite the fact that the Ukrainian Armed Forces were preparing new offensive operations in certain areas, in general the counteroffensive “failed completely.”