This is the moment that a low-flying £ 11 million Russian SU-25 attack aircraft is shot by Ukrainian troops.
The Putin Warplane can be seen exploding in a fireball and black smoke while it hits the ground near the village of Zaitsevo, close to a large combat scene in Toretsk, the Donetsk region.
The pilot has ejected and is 'alive and safe', according to reports.
The aircraft was hit by a shoulder fled, surface-to-air rocket, the Ukrainians confirmed.
Images apparently showed a Russian rescue helicopter that picked the SU-25 pilot in safety after hiding in the forest.
However, Rescue's MI-8 helicopter was attacked by Ukrainian FPV drones with air ignition tube.
The MI-8 helicopter was also hit by 'radio-electronic warfare', say reports.
The Ukrainian side said: 'The MI-8 helicopter tried to evacuate the pilot, but the FPV censuses did not allow him.
The Putin Warplane can be seen exploding in a fireball and black smoke while it touches the ground near the village of Zaitsevo
The Rescue MI-8 helicopter was attacked by Ukrainian FPV drones with air inflammation
The plane was hit by a shoulder-fought, surface-to-air rocket, the Ukrainians confirmed
Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishhustin during their meeting in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Friday 7 February 202
“As a result, the helicopter hoped back and must be repaired.”
The Russian source Fighterbomber Telegram Channel reported: 'Yes, we lost the plane. It happens.
“The pilot is in the hospital, everything is fine.”
It comes a day after President Volodyymyr Zensky had confirmed a new Ukrainian offensive in the Russian Kursk region and said that North Korean troops fought next to Russian troops.
“New attacks took place in the areas of the Kursk operation,” Mr. Zelensky said during his Friday address and added: “Russia has re -used North Korean soldiers next to his troops.”
According to Mr. Zensky, a 'considerable number of' enemy troops was destroyed. He gave no details, but said the losses were in the hundreds.
The Russian Ministry of Defense said on Saturday that it had divested a Ukrainian counterattack in the Kursk region.
Russia said on Friday that her armed forces had caught the MijnStad Toretsk in their last breakthrough in the Donetsk region in Oost -Ukraine, where Ukrainian defenses crack. Ukrainian officials have not confirmed the report.
The army of South Korea said last month that it suspected that Noord -Korea was preparing to send extra troops to Russia after the soldiers had suffered heavy victims.
North Korea has delivered a huge amount of artillery and other conventional weapons to Russia and last October it also sent around 10,000-12,000 troops, according to the US, South Korean and Ukrainian information.
