Ukraine said it downed the Russian jet as it attacked frontline positions near the town of Pokrovsk in the eastern Donetsk region.
Ukrainian forces downed a Russian Su-25 ground attack aircraft on Friday, according to the country's Khortytsia group of forces operating in the eastern Donetsk region.The aircraft was shot down by anti-aircraft guns from the 110th Separate Mechanized Brigade as it attacked Ukrainian frontline positions near the town of Pokrovsk, the forces' statement posted on Telegram said.
Ukraine claims to have downed 362 Russian aircraft since Moscow began its full-scale invasion of the country on February 24, 2022. The Oryx open-source intelligence blog lists 113 confirmed destroyed or damaged Russian aircraft in the same period, among them 31 Su-25s.Pokrovsk—some 30 miles northwest of the occupied city of Donetsk, a key hub for the Russian military and its separatist allies since its seizure in 2014—has become one of the hottest portions of the eastern front in recent months.
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