"Fighter aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces in the vicinity of the village of Uspenivka, Zaporozhye region, shot down a Mi-8 helicopter of the Ukrainian Air Force," the Russian Defense Ministry said in a summary.

In addition, Russian air defense systems shot down 15 HIMARS, Uragan and Vilkha MLRS shells per day, as well as seven Ukrainian drones in the DPR, LPR, Kharkiv and Zaporozhye regions.

On March 12, it was reported that two Mi-8 helicopters of the Air Force of Ukraine were shot down by air defense systems of the Russian Armed Forces in the Zaporozhye and Kharkiv regions.