OREANDA-NEWS The crew of the Mi-24 helicopter of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) was killed during a combat mission. This was reported by the 12th brigade of the army aviation of the Ukrainian army, Strana reports.ua" in the Telegram channel.

"The crew of the Mi-24 helicopter was killed during a combat mission," the report says. No other details are provided.

Earlier, the Ukrainian Air Force reported that their Su-27 fighter was shot down by the Russian army. The incident occurred "in the eastern direction" of the fighting.

Prior to that, it became known that the Russian military had destroyed the AFU airbase in Starokonstantinov, Khmelnitsky region. Su-24 tactical bombers were based at the airbase.