Enemy combat aircraft continue to operate at a distance, without entering the airspace controlled by the Armed Forces. On May 5, the air defenses of the Air Force and the Ukrainian Armed Forces struck at least 15 Russian air targets, reported the Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
There were 14 Orlan drones and one plane and a Su-30cm fighter shoot down.
«The occupiers’ plane was shot down in the eastern direction by an anti-aircraft missile unit of the Air Force.
Orlan-10 is shot down by all available means – anti-aircraft missile units of the Land Forces, the Air Force, using MANPADS and even an air-to-air missile from a Ukrainian fighter,» the statement said.
During the day, fighter, bomber, and assault aircraft of the Air Force made dozens of flights. The strike groups of the planes are launching missile and bomb strikes on the occupying forces and ammunition depots, the agency adds.
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