Ukraine Shoots Down Russian Su-25 Jet In MANPADS Strike

Ukrainian forces shot down and destroyed a Russian Su-25 ground attack aircraft in the eastern Donetsk region, Kyiv’s military announced on Wednesday.

“Ukrainian warriors from the 28th Mechanized Brigade shot down a Russian Su-25 plane in the Kramatorsk direction. Bravo!” Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense said in a statement posted to social media.

The country’s Khortytsia group of forces operating in Donetsk said anti-aircraft units of the 28th Separate Mechanized Brigade shot down the jet using a Man-Portable Air-Defense System (MANPADS).

The jet “was trying to fire at the positions of units of the Defense Forces,” it said in a statement on Telegram.

Russia’s Air Force has suffered extensive losses since the start of Putin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

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