Ukrainian defenders shot down three Russian Su-34 fighter-bombers in the south of Ukraine on Dec. 22, the commander of the Air Force Mykola Oleshchuk has reported on Telegram <\/p>\n
The aircraft were destroyed at around noon. Oleshchuk called it a response to a nighttime \"message\" from the Russian military written on one of its downed kamikaze drones. <\/p>\n
Read also: Aftermath of Russian drone attack on Kyiv photo report <\/p>\n
\"They wrote on it: Die, b**ches,\" Oleshchuk said. <\/p>\n
\"Great idea! Here is our answer to you! Eternal flight, brothers!\" Oleshchuk wrote. <\/p>\n
Su-34 aircraft are carriers of guided bombs and X-59 missiles, which Russians are using to attack Kherson Oblast and other regions of Ukraine. <\/p>\n
According to the Ukrainian militarys General Staff, since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russia has lost 324 warplanes and helicopters. <\/p>\n
Russia is thought to have had 155 Su-34s before it launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. More than 20 of them were reported shot down by Ukraine before todays losses. <\/p>\n
Read also: Photos of drone attack aftermath on military airfield in Russia <\/p>\n
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