Ukrainian air forces shot down another of Putin’s £15million fighter jets in the latest blow to Russia’s stumbling war effort.
A Sukhoi SU-25 attack aircraft is seen exploding in a fireball as it flies over Ukrainian positions around Kramatorsk, Ukrainian sources claimed.
ABOUT THE SHOOT DOWN
The plane was forced to release flares to distract heat-seeking missiles while flying low with another aircraft in eastern Ukraine, but was reportedly struck before plummeting to the ground.
Anti-aircraft gunners of the 28th separate mechanised brigade took down the latest Su-25 scalp with a man portable air defence missile, the sources said.
RUSSIA ATTACKS INSIDE
Russia has launched devastating attacks inside Ukraine since Kyiv‘s shock incursion into the Kursk region earlier this month – but damage has been limited by American-supplied F-16s now on hand to destroy foreign rockets, President Zelensky has claimed.
Russian attacks inside Ukraine have intensified in recent days, with several Ukrainian regions targeted by a mix of missile and drone attacks.
At least five people have been killed, including two when a hotel was ‘wiped out’ by a missile in central Kryvyi Rih, according to local officials.
