“Aviation is doing very well.

And on combat duty it is very good, in fact around the clock, it shows itself very effectively.

Everything is done on time.

And they work very competently,” Putin said.

According to him, this makes a significant contribution to the effectiveness of the army.

On December 7, the Russian Defense Ministry reported that the Russian Aerospace Forces shot down a Ukrainian Su-24 front-line bomber in the sky over the DPR.