Ukraine Air Force commander says Russians lost one more Su-34

A Russian Su-34 fighter-bomber was destroyed in Ukraine this morning.

Ukrainian Air Force Commander Mykola Oleschuk said this in a post on the Telegram messaging app, Ukrinform reports.

According to the commander, "the Muscovites again 'have no losses'."

"Today, at around 06:00, another Su-34 'successfully returned' to its base," Oleshchuk wrote.

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He added that Ukraine's air defense forces had also shot down 12 enemy Shahed attack drones and a Kh-59 aerial missile in the past 24 hours.

Early on February 17, units of the Ukrainian Air Force destroyed two Russian Su-34 fighter-bombers and a Su-35 fighter jet on the eastern front.