According to the ministry in a summary, a Ukrainian Su-27 was shot down by fighter aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces in the area of Trudoolenivka in the Zaporozhye region in an air battle.
A MiG-29 was shot down by means of air defense in the Krasnoarmeysk region (DPR).
“In addition, a Ukrainian Mi-8 helicopter was shot down in the area of the settlement of Novopavlovka in the Donetsk People's Republic,” the report says.
On March 4, it became known that Russian troops shot down three Ukrainian Mi-8 helicopters.