Russian warplanes shot down a MiG-29 of the Ukrainian Air Force near the village of Koptevo in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR). informs Press service of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
According to the military department, a Ukrainian Mi-8 helicopter was also shot down near the village of Novovasilevka in the DPR.
Since the beginning of the special military operation on the territory of Ukraine, Russian troops destroyed a total of 405 aircraft, 228 helicopters and 3,630 unmanned aerial vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces (AFU).
On March 30, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported that Russian air defense systems shot down a Ukrainian Mi-8 helicopter in the Zaporozhye region.
27 March Russian air defense shot Another Ukrainian Mi-8 in the Zaporozhye region.
Currently, a special operation of the RF Armed Forces in Ukraine is underway, the goals of which, according to Russian President Vladimir Putin, are the demilitarization and demilitarization of the Ukrainian authorities and the provision of assistance to the people of Donbass.