No such thing as bad weather for Ukraine’s Air Force: 10 planes and helicopters downed in a week
VALENTYNA ROMANENKO — MONDAY, 19 SEPTEMBER 2022, 14:32
The Air Force of Ukraine has destroyed 8 Russian planes and 2 helicopters in a week.
Source: Yurii Ihnat, spokesman of the Air Force Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, on air during the national joint 24/7 newscast; Air Command Skhid (East)
Quote from Ihnat: "The Air Force has destroyed 8 enemy aircraft, 2 helicopters, 4 cruise missiles and more than 10 UAVs [unmanned aerial vehicles] within 6 days."
Details: Ihnat noted that the air defence troops of Ukraine’s Air Force shot down a Russian Su-25 plane in the skies over Kherson Oblast on 19 September, as well as an X-59 guided aircraft missile.
Ukrainian aircraft continue to destroy the occupying forces on the front line in spite of the seasonal deterioration in the weather.
Update: Air Command Skhid (East) reported after the broadcast that Ukrainian forces had downed a Russian UAV in the area of Kamianske in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast at around 14:00 on Monday 19 September.
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