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The Russian Air Force, on December 29, according to its Ministry of Defence, shot down three Ukrainian aircraft, a MiG-29, and two Mi-8 helicopters, ...

“A MiG-29 aircraft of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was shot down near the village of Novoelizavetovka in the DPR. The MoD statement attached to this video said, “Crews of Su-35S multi-purpose fighters conduct air patrol, as well as support Assault Aviation airplanes and Army Aviation helicopters while launching strikes at the military facilities and hardware of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. For one, no other promotional videos of fighter aviation were released by the MoD on or before December 30. It is unclear whether he also used the under-fuselage/belly-mounted R-77s since they are not visible from the side view of the landing Su-35S. The video showed the plane taxiing (possibly before take-off), cutting to the cockpit and wing-mounted go-pro camera views of the flight, and then landing back. The best explanation could be that a clip from another Su-35S preparing to take off but without a Kh-31 on a different sortie was mistakenly included in the relevant video. Puzzlingly, shots from the camera attached to the left wing also showed a Kh-31 anti-radiation missile during the flight, but not in the bit where the jet is taxiing before taking off (discussed subsequently). So far, there is nothing to suggest more than one Su-35 or Russian fighter have been on patrol at the time since otherwise, they too would have been featured in the publicity material. Novoyelizavetovka is roughly 60 km south of Yablonovka. “Fighter Aviation of Russian Aerospace Forces have shot down 1 MiG-29 of Ukrainian Air Force near Novoyelizavetovka. Thus, Ukraine lost four helicopters and a frontline jet to Russian fighter aircraft in two days. Also, two Ukrainian Mi-8 helicopters were shot down near Druzhkovka and Yablonovka,” Konashenkov said.