Russia: 36 drones, 6 helicopters and a fighter of the Ukrainian army were shot down
| The Ministry of Defense of Russia announced that in the past day and night, the defense systems of the country's army intercepted and destroyed dozens of UAVs of the Ukrainian army. |
According to Webangah News quoted by Mehr News Agency, citing Sputnik, the Ministry of Defense of Russia announced this Sunday that the Russian army intercepted and destroyed 6 helicopters and 36 drones of the Ukrainian army in the past day and night.
The statement of the Ministry of Defense of Russia states that “Operational, tactical, aviation, artillery and missile forces of the Russian Armed Forces have 4 Mi-24 helicopters in Manfiluka region and 2 helicopters Another one was shot down in the Dnepropetrovsk region, and 131 positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were targeted by the Russian army.
This statement also states that Russian air defense systems intercepted and destroyed 36 drones and a MiG-29 fighter belonging to the Ukrainian Air Force.
The Ministry of Defense of Russia announced a few hours ago that the country’s forces have captured five villages in Kharkiv region in northeastern Ukraine. These villages were captured by Moscow during the ground attack by the Ukrainian army, while the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, demanded immediate military assistance.
The Ministry of Defense of Russia has announced the names of these villages as “Borisivka”, “Ogirtsov”, “Pletnivka”, “Pilna” and “Strylcha”. Also, according to this institution, a village has been liberated in the Donetsk region.
Ukraine’s Defense Ministry announced on Friday that Moscow launched a surprise attack on the Kharkiv region and made advances towards a border area that was pushed back about two years ago. Is. Shortly after, the command of the Ukrainian army announced that the Russian ground forces had air support.
Zelensky, in his evening speech published last night, claimed that Ukrainian forces are carrying out counter-attacks in the border villages of Kharkiv region. He said: disrupting Russia’s attack plan is a priority.
Oleg Singubov, the commander of Kharkiv region, said that there is a fierce conflict in the border area and 1,775 people have been evacuated. According to him, the “danger of ground operations” does not threaten the city of Kharkiv as the second largest city in Ukraine. But according to new news sources, people are fleeing the border area in groups of several people, and cars and vans are filled with a large number of people and heavy luggage.
