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General Staff Confirms Destruction of MiG-29 Fighter, Ka-27 Helicopter at Yeysk and Millerovo Airfields in russia

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Illustrative photo: russian Ka-27 helicopter / Photo credit: Dmytro Pletenchuk
Illustrative photo: russian Ka-27 helicopter / Photo credit: Dmytro Pletenchuk

Ukraine’s Defense Forces have confirmed the destruction of a russian MiG-29 fighter aircraft and a Ka-27 helicopter. Ukrainian forces also reported additional strikes on enemy ammunition and logistics storage facilities

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported the details.

The General Staff has confirmed previously reported losses suffered by russian aviation. Following an analysis of additional data, it was established that a russian Ka-27 helicopter was destroyed on August 30 near Yeysk Airfield in russia’s Krasnodar Krai. The destruction of a russian MiG-29 fighter was also confirmed on August 27 near Millerovo Airfield in russia’s Rostov Oblast.

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In addition, according to the Ukrainian military, on September 1 and during the night of September 2, Ukrainian units struck a number of russian military facilities in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine.

In particular, an enemy ammunition depot was hit in Volodymyrivka, Donetsk Oblast. In Ocheretyne, Donetsk Oblast, Ukrainian forces struck a logistics and materiel storage facility belonging to one of the russian occupation forces’ units.

In Rechytsa, russia’s Bryansk Oblast, Ukraine’s Defense Forces also struck an area where russian troops were concentrating weapons and military equipment. The extent of the damage inflicted on the enemy is still being assessed.

The General Staff emphasized that Ukrainian forces will continue targeting key military facilities of the russian aggressor.

As previously reported by Defense Express, on September 1, Ukraine's Defense Intelligence and Defense Forces conducted a joint deep-strike operation targeting the Novatek-Ust-Luga complex in russia’s Leningrad Oblast, where oil is processed for the needs of the russian military.

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