MOSCOW. April 26 (Interfax) - Russian air defense has downed a Ukrainian Sukhoi Su-25 attack plane in the Kherson region, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said at a press briefing on Wednesday.
"Air defense has downed a Su-25 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force near Veletenskoye in the Kherson region," Konashenkov said.
Sixteen projectiles fired by a HIMARS high mobility artillery rocket system were intercepted, he said.
"In addition, 12 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were intercepted near Vodyanoye, Novoandreyevka and Olginka in the Donetsk People's Republic, Chervonoarmeiskoye and Grozovoye in the Zaporozhye region, Obryvka, Kazachy Lageri and Proletarka in the Kherson region, and Rubezhnoye and Kremennaya in the Lugansk People's Republic," Konashenkov said.
In total, 412 planes, 228 helicopters, 3,861 unmanned aerial vehicles, 415 air defense missile systems, 8,858 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,094 multiple rocket launchers, 4,663 artillery systems and mortars, and 9,777 special military vehicles have been destroyed since the beginning of the special military operation, he said.