The Nikolaev paratrooper shot down a Russian Su-25 Grach armored attack aircraft from the Igla portable anti-aircraft missile system. This was reported by the press service of the command of the Airborne Assault Forces on Facebook..

" The press service also said that the anti-aircraft gunner who shot down the fighter joined the army as a mobilization volunteer and received appropriate training.. As previously reported, on June 12, in the area of \u200b\u200b\u200b\u200bIzyum, Kharkiv region, Ukrainian air forces hit a Russian Su-34 fighter-bomber.. The plane crashed into the temporarily occupied territory. Whether the pilots of the Russian fighter managed to survive is unknown.