MOSCOW. April 12 (Interfax) - The Russian Defense Ministry has reported the downing of a Ukrainian Sukhoi Su-24 aircraft in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR).
"The Russian Aerospace Forces' fighter aircraft downed a Su-24 of the Ukrainian Air Force near Krasny Liman in the Donetsk People's Republic," Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said at a press briefing on Wednesday.
Russian air defense forces have also intercepted two rounds of HIMARS multiple rocket launchers and downed five Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles near Novokrasnyanka, Naugolnoye, Kremennaya, and Chervonopopovka in the Lugansk People's Republic and Yelenovka in the DPR over the past 24 hours, he said.