Ukrainian defenders down Russian Su-34 fighter-bomber

The Ukrainian Air Force said this in a post on Telegram, Ukrinform reports.

"It has been confirmed that our anti-aircraft missile system hit a Su-34 fighter-bomber in the Mariupol sector! It did not return to the airfield," the post.

At around noon on December 22, Ukrainian forces downed three Russian Su-34 fighter-bombers on the southern front.