Ukraine refutes claims on shooting down Russian fighter jet

A Russian Su-25 attack aircraft was downed over the war zone in Mykolaiv region on Sunday in what appears to be a friendly fire incident.

That’s according to Lieutenant General Mykola Oleshchuk, Commander of Ukraine’s Air Force, who broke the news on Telegram, Ukrinform reports.

"I can confidently say that it was not Ukrainian air defence forces that shot down the Russian Su-25 attack aircraft! These are clear and coordinated actions of the Russian air defence units, for which the Ukrainian people greatly thank them! Keep it up," the commander wrote.

"Another invader down, another step closer to our victory! Another enemy Su-25 down. There’ll be more," added Oleshchuk.

As Russian media reported on Sunday, a “Ukrainian Su-25” was shot down by a Russian Buk-M3 surface-to-air missile over the Mykolaiv region. Later it turned out that the Su-25 attack aircraft was in fact part of Russia’s own invasion force.