5 Jun, 2023 22:23
Russian forces shot down Ukraine’s Su-25 strike fighter – media
The downed aircraft was providing air cover for a failed Kiev’s landing operation, RIA Novosti has reported
The Russian forces havestopped Kiev’s troops from crossing the Dnieper Riverin the Kherson region and shot downone of the two Su-25strike fighters providingair cover for the Ukrainian landing operation, RIA Novosti reported on Monday, citing a source “familiar with the situation.”
“Another attempted … landing operation of the Ukrainian Armed Forces has failed,” the source told the news agency, adding that Kiev’s troops sought to cross the river near the village of Babino, some 124 kilometers away from thestrategic town of Novaya Kakhovka, which had a damon Dnieper that also served as a bridge before being seriously damaged in the Ukrainian strikes.
During the clashes near Babino, the Russian troops managed to shoot down a Su-25 strike fighter, the source said, adding that theaircraft fell in the territory controlled by the Ukrainianforces. The second strike fighter then flew away,leaving the landing party without air cover, the source said.
Kiev has not commented on these reports. TheUkrainian Defense Ministry mentioned neitherthe failed landing operation nor the presumably downed aircraft in its Monday evening public statement. Instead, it said that the “situation …on the Kherson front has not seen any particular changes.”
The Russian Defense Ministry did not comment on the situation either. The news came as the Russian troops successfully repelled a major Ukrainian offensive in the southern part of the Donetsk People’s Republic.Kiev’s troops, which deployed six mechanized and two tank battalions there,lost up to 300 service members, 16 tanks, 26 armored and 14 ordinary vehiclesin the botched operation, the ministry said in a statement.
Later on Monday, the Russian ministry also published a video of the Ukrainian heavy equipment, supplied by the Western nations, being destroyed by Russian strikes.
https://www.rt.com/russia/577544-ukrainian-strike-fighter-shot-down/
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