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Ukrainian armed forces shoot down 5 Russian aircraft in 10 days

Thursday, 19 October 2023, 10:30
Ukrainian armed forces shoot down 5 Russian aircraft in 10 days
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Ukrainian defenders have shot down five planes in Donetsk Oblast over the past ten days. 

Source: Joint press centre of the Tavriia Operational Strategic Group; an Ukrainska Pravda source 

Quote from the Tavriia Operational Strategic Group: "In the area of responsibility of the Tavria OSU, the enemy keeps trying to encircle Avdiivka with support from aviation. Our soldiers repelled three enemy attacks and shot down another enemy Su-25 attack aircraft. This is the fifth plane shot down over Donetsk Oblast over the past ten days."

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Details: According to a UP source in military circles, the Su-25 aircraft, now included in the General Staff's report on Russian losses, was shot down by Ukrainian soldiers on the Avdiivka front on the morning of 18 October.

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