Ukrainian defenders down Russian Su-25, eight drones
Defense forces of Ukraine shot down a Russian aircraft (Photo:Command of the Air Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine)
Ukrainian Defense Forces shot down an enemy Su-25 ground-attack aircraft and eight drones of various types, including Shahed attack UAVs, over the past day, the Ukrainian military’s General Staff reported in its morning summary on March 7.
Over the past day, the Ukrainian Air Force carried out 15 air strikes on concentrations of Russian troops, as well as a strike on an anti-aircraft missile system at its firing position.
Rocket and artillery units struck a command post, eight concentrations of enemy troops, two air defense facilities, an artillery unit at its firing position, an ammunition depot, and an enemy radar station.
The Ukrainian Air Force reported on March 3 that anti-aircraft gunners from the Nikopol Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment of Air Command East shot down a Russian Su-34 fighter near Russian-occupied Yenakiieve in Donetsk Oblast.
Video of the plane, on fire and dropping vertically towards the ground, circulated on social media shortly after reports of the shoot-down started coming in.
Later, photos of the wreckage of the downed plane also appeared.
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