On Saturday, February 11, border guards shot down a Russian plane in Bakhmut, Donetsk region, reports the State Border Guard Service on Facebook.
" From the hit, the " The plane crashed on impact with the ground.. Probably, the pilot “demilitarized” along with the plane, our defenders did not see his ejection,” the report says..
It is noted that this is the second confirmed rocket in a week, destroyed by the calculation of the MANPADS of the border unit.
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On February 8, Ukrainian defenders destroyed a Russian Mi-24 attack helicopter from the Igla-1 MANPADS in the direction of Donetsk. The helicopter began to lose altitude and descend as a result of a missile hit, the fate of the pilot is unknown.