“Russian air defense systems shot down a MiG-29 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force in the area of the settlement of Yavkino, Mykolaiv region,” the message says.
In addition, 19 Ukrainian drones were shot down in the sky over the republics of Donbass, as well as Kharkiv and Zaporozhye regions.
The official representative of the Russian Ministry of Defense, Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov, also said that the Russian Aerospace Forces hit four MLRS platoons of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with high-precision weapons.