Andriy Yermak, who heads Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s office, shared a video on Telegram of the incident, which shows the Russian bomber engulfed in flames.
Ukraine: Prigozhin says Bakhmut is ‘surrounded’ by Wagner
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Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense has used Twitter to ridicule Russian forces following reports that a bomber from the Soviet era had been shot down near Bakhmut. According to Iryna Rybakova, a spokesperson for Ukraine’s 93rd separate mechanized brigade who spoke to Ukrainian broadcaster Hromadske, Ukrainian troops were responsible for shooting down a Russian Su-24 supersonic bomber in the vicinity of Bakhmut.
The Ukrainian Defence Ministry wrote in a post accompanying the video: “The most mysterious place in Ukraine is the Bakhmut triangle, where Russian planes have been disappearing for a year now…”
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Russian plane shot down over Bakhmut (Image: Getty)
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Russian losses ‘up to 30,000’ in Bakhmut
Ian Stubbs, a senior military advisor from the UK who is part of the OSCE delegation, has estimated that around 20,000 to 30,000 Russian troops, including Wagner fighters, have been either killed or injured since May last year in the Bakhmut area while battling to gain control of the eastern salt-mining town. Despite these casualties, Russia has only advanced approximately 25 km in total, and as a result, the loss of human life is considerable reports Sky News.
According to Stubbs, for every kilometer gained, over 800 Russian personnel have been killed or wounded, with the majority being Wagner fighters.
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