Ukrainian Air Force: "cruise missile" and three Russian fighter jets destroyed

Tuesday, 8 March 2022, 01:05

Ukrainian troops shot down three Russian fighter jets and one helicopter and destroyed a cruise missile on 7 March.

Source: Command of the Air Force of  Ukrainian Armed Forces on Facebook

Details: A cruise missile was intercepted by a missile fired from a Ukrainian fighter jet, part of the same fighter jets "that have long been destroyed, according to Russian military leadership".

Russian fighter jets update: one aircraft was shot down by a National Guard serviceman near Kharkiv, while the other two were shot down by an anti-aircraft missile unit and a Ukrainian Air Force fighter jet near Kyiv.