“Fighter aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces in the Kramatorsk region of the Donetsk People’s Republic shot down a Su-25 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force,” the ministry said in a statement.

In addition, Russian air defense systems shot down a Mi-8 helicopter of the Ukrainian Air Force near the village of Pervomayskoye, Mykolaiv region, and five Ukrainian UAVs in the DPR and Kharkiv region.

Earlier it was reported that Russian fighters shot down two Ukrainian Su-24 aircraft.