Russian troops shot down three Ukrainian Mi-8 helicopters

Russian troops shot down three Mi-8 helicopters of the Ukrainian Air Force in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporozhye regions. This was announced on March 4 by the official representative of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, Lieutenant-General Igor Konashenkov.

“Fighter aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces shot down two Mi-8 helicopters of the Ukrainian Air Force in the areas of the settlements of Suvorovo in the DPR and Pokrovskoye in the Dnepropetrovsk region in a day. A Mi-8 helicopter was shot down by means of air defense in the area of ​​the settlement of Novoselovka, Zaporozhye region, ”he said at a briefing.
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Also in the DPR, the missile guidance radar of the S-300 anti-aircraft missile system was destroyed. In addition, HIMARS multiple rocket launchers and Ukrainian drones were destroyed.

“During the day, 12 HIMARS multiple rocket launchers were shot down, and 11 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed,” the Defense Ministry said.

In total, 394 aircraft, 215 helicopters and 3,324 unmanned aerial vehicles have been destroyed since the start of the special military operation, Konashenkov said.

On the eve it was reported that the Russian Aerospace Forces shot down a Su-24 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force near the city of Krasnoarmeysk in the DPR. During the day, one HIMARS multiple rocket launcher was shot down by air defense means and 18 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed.

A day earlier, the Russian military destroyed two Ukrainian aircraft, a Su-24 and a Su-25. This happened in the Mikhailovka area in the DPR and Krynok in the Kherson region. In addition, a Ukrainian Mi-8 helicopter was shot down near the village of Kurakhovka in the DPR.

Earlier, on March 1, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation also reported that the aviation of the Russian Aerospace Forces shot down a Ukrainian Su-24 aircraft. Konashenkov also noted that over the past day, 97 artillery units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed.

On February 25, Russian fighter jets shot down Ukrainian Su-24 and MiG-29 aircraft in the DPR.

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