Ukrainian forces damage Russian plane in combat near Zmiinyi Island – Ukraine's Defence Intelligence

Recently, the Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked a Russian plane over the Black Sea when it tried to destroy a Ukrainian military boat near Zmiinyi (Snake) Island; the Russian jet was damaged in the fight.

Source: Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Telegram

Quote: "The Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked an enemy aircraft in the Black Sea. There was a skirmish of a Russian military aircraft and Ukrainian combat boats in the territorial waters of Ukraine near Zmiinyi Island, in the area of the so-called ‘Boyko towers’ (Boyko towers, named after their de-facto owner, pro-Russian MP Yurii Boyko, are two gas mooring towers built in the Black Sea, off the coast of Crimea; in 2014, both were captured by Russia – ed.)."

Details: The Russian aircraft tried to attack the military vessels of the Ukrainian forces. 

However, the Ukrainian military attacked in response. 

Quote: "Enemy propaganda spread a fake about the alleged destruction and flooding of the Ukrainian boat. In fact, the Russian missile fell into the water and continued to move to meet with the Moskva cruiser; no damage was done to the Ukrainian military.

In response to the attempted attack, Ukrainian troops attacked the invaders' plane. The missile fired from the Ukrainian boat damaged the Russian plane, which was forced to immediately leave the scene and fly towards the nearest airfield."

Details: On 22 August, Russian Ministry of Defence announced "the destruction of a high-speed Willard Sea Force military boat  manufactured by the United States with a landing group of the Armed Forces on board in the Black Sea, east of Zmiinyi Island, by an aircraft of the Russian Air Force." They even published a video showing the alleged destruction of the boat.

The Russian Defence Ministry claimed that "the high-speed surface target was actively manoeuvring, trying to evade fighter fire, but it was successfully hit from an aircraft gun."

However, the Ukrainian authorities denied the Russian statement: in a comment to CNN, an unnamed representative of the Naval Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said that there was no such incident in the Ukrainian Navy and there were no losses among the personnel of the Navy.

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