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The General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces reported on June 7 that another Russian Su-25 jet aircraft had been downed in the past 24 hours.
The Su-25 is meant to provide close air support for Russian troops on the ground.
The General Staff did not specify where Ukrainian forces shot down the Soviet-era aircraft, unlike its update on April 7, when it announced that a Su-25 had been shot down near Maryinka in Donetsk Oblast.
Since the start of the full-scale Russian invasion, Ukrainian forces have successfully taken out 314 Russian aircraft, along with 299 helicopters, according to the General Staff.
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