Anti-aircraft missile and gun system (ZRPK) «Pantsir-S1» at the field airfield of the Russian Aerospace Forces. File photoMOSCOW, June 1In a day, the Russian military in Ukraine shot down a Su-25 fighter jet and seven drones, Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said. forces of Ukraine in the area of Sergeevka of the Donetsk People's Republic and one Mi-8 helicopter in the area of Kharkov,» the major general said. Seven drones were destroyed in the areas of Gorlovka, Golmovsky, Yasinovataya, Varvarovka — all in the Donbass, near the settlements of Small passages and Novaya Gnilitsa near Kharkiv, as well as near Pyatikhatka, Kherson region. Also, in the areas of the settlements of Malaya Kamyshevakha and Kamenka, Kharkiv region, two Ukrainian missiles of the Smerch multiple launch rocket system were intercepted. Russia has been conducting a military operation in Ukraine since February 24. Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» According to the Defense Ministry, the main tasks of the first stage have already been completed — Ukraine's combat potential has been significantly reduced. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.
