The fighter jet was 'destroyed' at an air base in Dolgintsevo near Kryvyi Rih in Ukraine, Russia's Defense Ministry said.
Russia released footage on Thursday purportedly showing the moment its forces destroyed a Ukrainian MiG-29 fighter jet after striking an airfield with a ballistic missile.In footage shown on X via @halsamorsan, formerly Twitter, the fighter jet and other military equipment and vehicles were seemingly destroyed at the base in Dolgintsevo near Kryvyi Rih in south-central Ukraine. They had been struck by an Iskandar ballistic missile, Russia's Defense Ministry said on Telegram.
Five of Ukraine's operational Su-27 fighter jets were destroyed in the attack, and a further two that had been undergoing repairs were damaged, the ministry said.Open source intelligence analysts gave more modest figures, saying that two fighter jets were destroyed and four damaged. Ukraine confirmed the attack, without elaborating on how many fighter jets had been destroyed.'There was a strike.
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