MoD: Russian Forces Destroy Ukrainian MiG-29 Jet, Mi-8 Helicopter, Bayraktar UAV at 'Dnepr' Airfield

Since the beginning of the op, Russian forces have been targeting Ukrainian aircraft, eliminating 130 warplanes, 447 drones, and 103 helicopters.

"Overnight into 14 April, 12 enemy targets were destroyed by high-precision weapons. In the settlements of Velikaya Mikhailovka and Bogatyr, two warehouses of artillery weapons of Ukrainian troops, a Ukrainian MiG-29 fighter jet, a Mi-8 helicopter, and a Bayraktar TB-2 unmanned aerial vehicle were destroyed at the Dnepr airfield", Russian Defence Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said.

Meanwhile, Russian forces and the Donbass militias are advancing in the region. Earlier this week, over 1,100 Ukrainian troops laid down their arms and surrendered in Mariupol - the second-largest city in the DPR.

Moscow launched a military operation in Ukraine on 24 February, after Ukrainian troops intensified shelling attacks in Donbass, where Kiev has been waging an 8-year-long war. President Vladimir Putin called the Ukrainian campaign against the DPR and LPR a genocide and stated that Russia's goal is the demilitarisation and denazification of Ukraine.