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Russia's Special Operation in Ukraine
On February 24, 2022 Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine, aiming to liberate the Donbass region where the people's republics of Donetsk and Lugansk had been living under regular attacks from Kiev's forces.

Russian Aerospace Forces Shoot Down Ukrainian Mi-8 Helicopter

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Russian Su-57 fifth-generation fighter jet - Sputnik International, 1920, 04.09.2023
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The Russian Armed Forces shot down a Ukrainian Mi-8 military helicopter, 24 drones, and three HIMARS multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) missiles over the past 24 hours, the press service of the Russian Defense Ministry stated on Monday.
"Fighter aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces shot down an Mi-8 helicopter of the Ukrainian Air Force near the settlement of Brusovka in the Donetsk People's Republic. Air defenses intercepted three rockets of the HIMARS MLRS," the report said.
In addition, 24 Ukrainian drones were destroyed and suppressed by means of electronic warfare in the Lugansk People's Republic, Donetsk People's Republic, as well as the Zaporozhye and Kharkov regions.
Ukrainian Mi-8 helicopter - Sputnik International, 1920, 01.09.2023
Russia's Special Operation in Ukraine
Ukraine Admits the Loss of Military Choppers and Servicemen
Since the beginning of Russia's special military operation in Ukraine, the Kiev regime has lost a total of 467 jets, 248 helicopters, 6,376 unmanned aerial vehicles, 435 anti-aircraft missile systems, 11,643 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,147 multiple rocket launchers, 6,214 field artillery and mortar units, and 12,694 units of special military vehicles, according to the ministry's information.
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