1/7/2025–|Last update: 11:50 (Mecca time)
The Russian Ministry of Defense announced today, Tuesday, that the air defense units destroyed 60 Ukrainian aircraft during the night, without commenting from the Ukrainian side, at a time when an official reported the imposition of Russian control over the area Logansk Ukrainian.
The Russian defense said that most of the Morses were fell over the southwest of the country and above the country Crimea Peninsula And the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.
For its part, the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense did not announce the matter or to drop any Russian institutions last night.
In Logansk, eastern Ukraine, the official appointed by Russia told the head of the region, Leonid Basicink, told Russian official television that Russian forces had completely taken control of the region, more than 3 years after the outbreak of the war in February 2022.
Wagansk, which has an area of 26,700 square kilometers, is the first Ukrainian region to be completely under the control of Russian forces since Russia included Crimea in 2014.
The Russian President announced Vladimir Putin In September 2022, Logansk, along with the regions of Donetsk, Jericeon and Zabarujia, which Moscow controlled parts of it, annexed to Russia, a move that Western European countries considered illegal and most countries of the world have been recognized.
The Russian Ministry of Defense has not issued a comment yet, and Ukraine has not yet commented on the matter.
Russia controls nearly 19% of Ukraine’s lands, including Logansk, more than 70% of the regions of Donetsk, Zabarujia, Jeruson, and parts of the areas of Kharkif, Sumi and Deniprobrerovsk.