“In an air battle, a MiG-29 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force was shot down near the village of Zelenodolsk, Dnepropetrovsk region,” the ministry said in a statement.

The official representative of the Russian Ministry of Defense, Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov, also said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine again made an unsuccessful attempt to strike at Zmeiny Island.

The Russian military with high-precision weapons and Calibers also attacked the territory of the training centers of the Ukrainian troops in the Chernihiv, Zhytomyr and Lvov regions.