Russian aircraft shot down near Kyiv

Russian aircraft shot down near Kyiv

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On Friday morning, February 25, the Ukrainian Armed Forces shot down a Russian aircraft in the immediate vicinity of Kyiv, MP Oleksiy Honcharenko informs.

The enemy aircraft was shot down by Ukrainian air defense forces and crashed in Darnytskyi district near multi-apartment building, 7A Koshytsia Street. Building is on fire.

At about 05:00 February 24, the state border of Ukraine in the sections near the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus was attacked by Russian troops supported by Belarus. Attacks on border units, border patrols, and checkpoints are carried out with the use of artillery, heavy equipment, and small arms in Luhansk, Sumy, Kharkiv, Chernihiv, and Zhytomyr regions.

In addition, the attack is carried out from the temporarily occupied territories of Donetsk and Luhansk regions and from the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. The activity of enemy sabotage and reconnaissance groups is also observed.

On the morning of February 24, the Verkhovna Rada approved a presidential decree on the imposition of martial law throughout Ukraine.

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