This was reported in the Ministry of Defense.

“Russian air defense systems shot down a Su-25 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force in the area of ​​​​the settlement of Ugledar in the Donetsk People's Republic,” the report says.

Eleven Ukrainian drones were also destroyed during the day.

Earlier, adviser to the acting head of the DPR, Yan Gagin, said that Russian troops were entrenched in the east and southeast of Vugledar.

According to Igor Kimakovsky, adviser to the acting head of the Donetsk People's Republic, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are transferring forces to Vuhledar from near Artyomovsk (Bakhmut).