Ukrainian defenders destroyed a plane, a helicopter, five unmanned aerial vehicles, and six cruise missiles.
Saturday, April 16, Ukrainian air defenses destroyed 13 air targets of the occupiers , including 6 cruise missiles, according to the Air Force Command on Facebook.
“On April 16, anti-aircraft missile units of the Air Force and environmental protection units hit 13 air targets of the Russian occupiers: one plane; one helicopter; five unmanned aerial vehicles; six cruise missiles,” the statement said.
Air Force aircraft – Su-25 attack aircraft and Su-24m bombers, under cover of fighters, provided fire support to Ukrainian troops in several strategic areas, launching powerful missile and bomb strikes on Russian occupation forces. span>
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Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine , the Russian occupation army has lost about 20,300 military.
Despite the aggressor's superiority in manpower and equipment, Ukraine in the first days of the invasion inflicted greater losses on Russia than eight years of war in Syria, writes The Economist.
The publication notes that “the fighting was not as one-sided” as some foreign politicians and experts had predicted.
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