Russian defense: Ukrainian "Su-25" fighter and Mi-8 helicopter were shot down

The Russian Ministry of Defense announced the downing of a Su-25 fighter jet and a Mi-8 helicopter in the Donetsk People's Republic.

This came within the framework of the Ministry of Defense's daily briefing on the progress of the Russian special military operation on Friday, December 23, where the ministry's statement continued that the Russian Armed Forces had neutralized more than 30 Ukrainian soldiers in the Kobyansk axis and destroyed two infantry fighting vehicles and four vehicles as a result of the fire that hit the strongholds. The enemy is in the Kharkov region. In the direction of Krasnolyman in the Luhansk People's Republic, attack aircraft and artillery struck the concentration of enemy forces and equipment, in addition to destroying two groups of sabotage and reconnaissance groups of the Ukrainian Armed Forces of the Luhansk People's Republic, until the enemy's losses in this direction during the past 24 hours amounted to more than 40 Ukrainian soldiers and mercenaries. , 3 armored vehicles, and 2 pickup trucks.

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In the direction of Donetsk, the Russian forces, supported by attack aircraft and artillery strikes, continued their offensive operations, as the high-precision strikes of the Russian Aerospace Forces caused the defeat of the enemy's strongholds in the Donetsk People's Republic, and more than 80 Ukrainian military and foreign mercenaries, two tanks and 5 combat armored vehicles were eliminated. and 6 vehicles.

In the south of Donetsk direction, as a result of the active actions of the Russian units, the destruction of the concentration points of Ukrainian personnel and military equipment in the Donetsk People's Republic, up to 45 Ukrainian servicemen, 4 armored personnel carriers and 3 pickup trucks were eliminated.

The tactical operational aviation, missile and artillery forces also struck 62 artillery units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at firing positions and points of concentration of personnel and military equipment in 87 districts. Two depots of artillery ammunition of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were also destroyed in the Donetsk People's Republic.

The US-made AN/TPQ-50 anti-battery station was destroyed in the Kharkov region, and a radar station belonging to the Ukrainian S-300 anti-aircraft missile system was opened and destroyed.

Also, the American M777 artillery system was destroyed during a counter-battery fight near the village of Selidova in the Donetsk People's Republic, in addition to the destruction of two Ukrainian combat vehicles from "Grad" rocket launchers, from which the villages of the Donetsk People's Republic were being bombed.

Air defense systems also shot down 10 drones during the past 24 hours in the Luhansk and Donetsk People's Republics and the Zaporozhye region, and two missiles from the American "HIMARS" launchers were intercepted.

In sum, since the beginning of the military operation on Ukraine, the following have been destroyed:

351 aircraft

189 helicopters

2704 drones

399 anti-aircraft missile systems

7,207 tanks and other armored fighting vehicles

936 multiple rocket launchers

3702 field artillery and mortar shells

7722 special military vehicles

Source: Russian Ministry of Defense