On February 7, Ukrainian border guards shot down a Russian attack aircraft over

Bakhmut

 in the Donetsk region.

This was reported by the press service of the DPSU.  

It is noted that the enemy attack aircraft covered from the air the infantry advancing on the defense line of the Armed Forces. 

"The border guard opened fire with a MANPADS system and shot down a Russian combat plane, previously a Su-25. The plane caught fire after being hit by a missile and fell, the fate of the pilot is currently unknown," the report says.

It will be recalled that Russia's losses in the war against Ukraine

exceeded 133,000

.

During the day, the Ukrainian military eliminated another 1,030 occupiers.

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