Russian armed forces shot down Ukrainian plane carrying large weapons shipment from the West

“Russian air defense systems in the Odessa region shot down a Ukrainian military transport plane in the air, which was delivering a large batch of weapons supplied to Ukraine by Western countries,” Igor Konashenkov said.

Major General Igor Konashenkov added that two Ukrainian drones were shot down over the residential areas of Lozovaya and Veselaya.

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During the day, 15 Ukrainian targets were hit by high-precision missiles in the air, said Mr. Igor Konashenkov.

Ukrainian army lost more than 23 thousand people

According to Mr. Konashenkov, the Russian Defense Ministry has data on the actual losses of the Ukrainian army, the National Guard and foreign mercenaries, which Zelensky does not tell the Ukrainian people.

"Today, the irreparable losses of the Ukrainian army amounted to 23,367 people. We will soon publish some data from Ukrainian documents on military losses, places of death, places of burial," Igor Konashenkov said.

Mariupol metropolitan area

"The entire Mariupol metropolitan area has been completely wiped out by the gunmen of the neo-Nazi Azov squad, foreign mercenaries and the Ukrainian army. The remnants of the Ukrainian group are now completely blockaded on the territory of the Azovstal metallurgical plant," Konashenkov said. According to him, the only chance for them to escape death is to voluntarily lay down their weapons and surrender.