The Ukrainian air defense has shot down a Russian Su-25 fighter-bomber over the Donetsk region, eastern Ukraine, the president of Ukraine announced in his traditional video address Volodymyr Zelensky, BNR reported.
"Over the past 24 hours, Russian terrorists have used 8 missiles of various types and almost 70 guided aerial bombs against our border settlements and frontline positions. Even at the height of Easter does not reduce the desire of Russian evil to destroy. I want to especially congratulate the 110th Mechanized Brigade for shooting down another Russian Su-25 over the Donetsk region, Zelensky said.
Reuters specifies that the report lacks further details and the information has not been confirmed by another source.
The agency recalled that Donetsk Oblast is one of four parts of Ukraine that Russia announced it had annexed, noting that earlier Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said that the Russian army this year was established control over 547 square kilometers of the annexed territories.