This was stated by the Russian Ministry of Defense.

“During the fighting, 26 Ukrainian tanks, 23 infantry fighting vehicles, nine other armored fighting vehicles were destroyed, two Su-25 attack aircraft were shot down.

The losses of the enemy in manpower amounted to more than 560 military personnel, ”the ministry said in a statement.

Another attempt at offensive actions by the enemy failed miserably, the ministry stressed.

On August 25, it became known that the Russian Aerospace Forces hit five Ukrainian combat aircraft with high-precision weapons at the Mirgorod military airfield in the Poltava region.

Also, the Ministry of Defense reported the destruction of three Ukrainian aircraft in the Dnipropetrovsk region.

According to military expert Yuri Knuotv, the Russian army's strikes on airfields have become a preventive measure.