Ukraine’s military says it shot down three Russian fighter jets on Friday in the south of the country.
Three Su-34 fighter bombers were shot down over Kherson region, the Ukrainian air force announced.
President Volodymr Zelensky thanked the servicemen who had downed the planes, saying the incident had occurred in war-torn Kherson Region.
Moscow has not commented on the claims, but influential Russian bloggers have reported losses.
In his nightly address on Friday, Mr Zelensky said the downing of the planes would make Russian pilots attacking targets in Ukraine aware that “none of them [would] go unpunished”.
The recent delivery of an additional Patriot battery from Germany likely enabled this victory as it means they didn’t have to leave a large civilian area undefended while they used it to protect the front line from Russian attack aircraft.
Patriot is mobile so it’s moved where it is most needed.