Units of anti-aircraft missile units of the Ukrainian Air Force shot down a Russian Su-24M bomber near Baghmut.
The press service of the Air Force Command of Ukraine reported this in a Facebook post. Initially it said 13.30, but in the update it was corrected to 1.30 pm.
According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, on the 399th day of the full-scale war with Ukraine, Russia has already lost 306 aircraft.
“It is too early to talk about our success Battle of BagmuthBut it certainly shows the Russians’ inability to achieve victory, Ukraine’s former defense minister Andriy Zahorodniuk said in an interview with the US edition of Newsweek.
Zahorodniuk said Moscow was preparing for a protracted conflict, despite reports. The Russians “panicked” because they could not control BuckmuttA small town in the Donetsk region, where fighting has been going on for seven months.
“They are panicking that they cannot get even a small target,” the former defense minister said.
Heavy fighting has been going on for Baghmuth since August last year. In an interview with The Associated Press on Wednesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Ukraine cannot afford to lose this war.Vladimir Putin should not smell blood“.
If Pakmut falls, the Russian president will “sell this victory to the West, his people, China, Iran,” the Ukrainian leader added. In case Bakmuth surrenders, Putin will “press, press, press.”
Sources: PAP, Ukrainian Armed Forces
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