Russia: MiG-23 and Sukhoi-25 fighters of the Ukrainian army were shot down
| The Ministry of Defense of Russia announced that the air defense of the country's army shot down two fighters and hundreds of drones of the Ukrainian army in the last seven days. |
According to Mehr News Agency, citing Sputnik, the Ministry of Defense of Russia published a statement this Friday and announced that the air defense of this country’s army in the last seven days has a Sukh V-25 fighter, a MiG-23 fighter and 639 Ukrainian drones. intercepted and shot down in different axes.
The statement of the Ministry of Defense of Russia also states that during this period, 18 counterattacks by Ukrainian forces were repelled in the Donetsk axis, and Russian forces are strengthening their positions.
In another part of this statement, it is emphasized that “the casualties of the armed forces of Ukraine in the last seven days were more than 2,835 soldiers, seven tanks, 16 armored vehicles, 49 vehicles and 24 field guns.” .”
Among other developments of the war in Ukraine, Dimitri Peskov, the spokesman of the Russian presidency, announced that if Western forces are sent to Ukraine, a direct conflict between NATO and Russia will not be a possibility but inevitable.
He responded to the words of Emmanuel Macron, the President of France, and said: The Kremlin takes into account Macron’s words that the sending of military forces to Ukraine is considered among European countries.
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The spokesman of the Kremlin Palace, however, added that Moscow emphasizes that there is no consensus among European countries about sending Western troops to Ukraine.
French President Emmanuel Macron announced in a meeting yesterday, Monday: “Western countries do not intend to go to war with the Russian people, but seek to prevent the escalation of tension.” They are in Ukraine.” Macron said during the opening of the Ukraine support conference in Paris: “We all agree that we do not want to go to war with the Russian people.”
He noted: “We seek to commit to deterrence against escalation, as we have successfully done since the beginning of the conflict.”
James O’Brien, the assistant secretary of the US for European and Eurasian affairs, and David Cameron, the British foreign minister, will attend this conference. Agence France-Presse reported earlier, quoting its sources, that no new military aid to Ukraine is expected to be announced at the end of this meeting.
