The Daily Populous Thursday February 29th, 2024 evening edition
Authored by telegraph.co.uk and submitted by TheTelegraph

Ukraine has claimed it shot down two more Russian fighter-bombers on Thursday, its latest reported success against Russia’s air force.

Writing on the Telegram messaging app, Oleksandr Syrskyi, Ukraine’s army chief, said: “After successful combat operations against an enemy aircraft in the night on Feb 29, two more Russian aircraft were destroyed: Su-34 fighter-bombers in the Avdiivka and Mariupol sectors.”

Avdiivka in eastern Ukraine fell to Russian forces this month after a long battle. Russia took full control of the southeastern port city of Mariupol in May 2022.

Russia did not immediately comment on Syrskyi’s remarks, which have also yet to be verified by The Telegraph. If confirmed, it would mark Ukraine’s’ latest victory over Russia’s air force, after it claimed to have downed two Russian spy planes recently.