The Russian Ministry of Defense reported the downing of a Ukrainian MiG

Russian air defense forces shot down one Ukrainian Air Force MiG-29 fighter over the past 24 hours, and also intercepted seven HIMARS shells. reported The Russian Ministry of Defense in its daily report.

“A MiG-29 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force was shot down by air defense systems near the city of Pavlograd, Dnepropetrovsk region. During the day, seven rockets from the HIMARS multiple launch rocket system were intercepted,” the report says.

Since the beginning of the special operation, according to the Russian military, the Ukrainian Air Force has already lost 535 aircraft and 254 helicopters.

Russian aviation and artillery, in turn, in one day destroyed the radar station of the S-300 complex, as well as three control points of the 67th mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the 31st operational brigade and the 50th national guard regiment near Serebryanka in the DPR. And in the area of ​​the city of Volchansk, Kharkov region, an ammunition depot of the 1st Special Forces Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces was destroyed.

The Ministry of Defense also reported on repelling two attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kupyansky direction and three attacks in Krasnolimansky. In other areas of the special operation zone, the Russian Armed Forces continued to strike positions and concentrations of forces of the Ukrainian side.

On November 2, the commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Valery Zaluzhny, in an interview with The Economist magazine, said that the conflict in Ukraine had reached a dead end, and the Ukrainian Armed Forces would not be able to achieve a breakthrough. In his opinion, to get out of this situation, a sharp technological leap in the military field is needed.

On November 8, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky said that Kyiv intends to continue the counter-offensive, despite the difficulties and the shift of Western attention to the situation in the Middle East. He promises to “show results this year.”

The Kremlin recalled that the previous promises of the Ukrainian authorities have no longer come true. Press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov said that it is time for the Ukrainian side to understand that it will not be able to defeat Russia on the battlefield. Only after this can the prerequisites arise for resolving the situation through “political and diplomatic means.” Peskov also didn’t agree with Zaluzhny’s assessment of the situation on the front line, emphasizing that all the goals of the special operation will be achieved.