MOSCOW. May 29 (Interfax) - Russian air defense has downed a MiG-29 fighter jet of the Ukrainian Air Force, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Wednesday.
"Air defense has downed a MiG-29 fighter jet of the Ukrainian Air Force," the ministry said.
In total, 31 drones, two HARM anti-radiation missiles, two French-made Hammer guided air bombs and nine Grad and Okhla rockets were destroyed during the day, it said.
Tactical aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles, missile forces and artillery of the Russian groups of forces hit a naval drone depot, aircraft, a fuel depot of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, a drone assembly workshop, and concentrations of enemy troops and hardware in 118 areas, the ministry said.
A total of 605 planes, 274 helicopters, 24,770 drones, 524 air defense systems, 16,191 tanks and other armored vehicles, 1,322 multiple rocket launchers, 9,930 artillery systems and mortars, and 22,093 special military vehicles have been destroyed since the beginning of the special military operation, it said.