Russia Shoots Down Ukrainian Fighter Jet and Drone
The Russian Defense Ministry announced the downing of four warplanes and 49 Ukrainian army drones in the last 24 hours.
The Russian Ministry of Defense in a statement Sunday (24/12/2023) stated that the country's air defenses managed to shoot down three Su-27 fighter planes and one Su-24 tactical bomber in the Zaporizhizhia and Dnipropetrovsk regions in southeastern Ukraine. "Over the past 24 hours, Russian troops have intercepted three HARM missiles, three Himars missiles and one Neptune anti-ship missile, as well as shot down four Ukrainian military aircraft and 49 Ukrainian drones," the Russian Defense Ministry statement said. The Tass news agency quoted a Russian Defense Ministry statement as saying that the country's forces had destroyed more than 10,000 Ukrainian army drones since the start of the war. On the other hand, the English-language newspaper Daily Express recently announced in a report the massive advance of Russian troops around the Ukrainian cities of Bakhmut and Audioka.(PH)
