Another downing of a Russian plane was confirmed during the traditional evening speech Volodymyr Zelensky. President Ukrainy he congratulated the soldiers on their successful combat action while emphasizing that it was an extremely hard day with a lot of work on the front.
– Kharkov, Odessa, Dniprovshchyna, Donetsk region. Only in the morning our soldiers shot down 13 shahads. During the day, Russian terrorists used eight rockets of various types and almost 70 guided aerial bombs against our border settlements and positions on the front line. Russian evil even on the eve of Easter, it does not reduce the desire to cause destruction – he said.
– It is only up to us and you, all of us who are really helping Ukraine, to determine exactly where this destruction will stop and when the occupier will lose. I want to thank all those who are now soldiers in our mobile fire groups, Air Force and other branches of the military. To everyone who protects and will protect the Ukrainian sky from Russian terror. I would like to congratulate the soldiers from the 110th independent mechanized brigade for shooting down a Russian Su-25 in the Donetsk region today.. Congratulations, boys, he added.
In his speech, President Zelensky also announced two detailed reports on the situation on the front and the future actions of the army. They provided their opinions Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces Oleksandr Syrskias well as the head of military intelligence of the Ministry of National Defense Kyryło Budanow.
War in Ukraine. Russian losses since the beginning of the war
According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, since the beginning of the full-scale war, the Russian military has lost a total of over 650 aircraft units. 348 of them are various types of aircraft.
Reports also indicate that Russian losses have also been increasing in recent days in other military equipment used during hostilities. By the morning of May 4, the Ukrainian military was supposed to have destroyed 9,611 drones, 7,366 units of heavy equipment, 12,148 artillery units and about a thousand other types of weapons.
During the fighting, according to the statistics of the Ukrainian military, 473,400 Russian soldiers diedincluding 1,260 people in the last hours alone.
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