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On 12 April 2022, Ukrainian Air Force anti-aircraft missiles shot down a Russian SU-25 attack aircraft over Ukraine. This marked the 300th target destroyed by Ukrainian anti-aircraft missile forces since the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion.

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Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

A Russian SU-25 attack aircraft was shot down by anti-aircraft missiles of the Ukrainian Air Force over Ukraine on 12 April 2022

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

This was the 300th target destroyed by Ukrainian anti-aircraft missile forces since the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

Weather conditions were unfavorable for aviation operations in eastern and southern Ukraine on 12 April 2022

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

The intensity of Russian aircraft flights was low on 12 April 2022 due to weather conditions

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: likely

Ukrainian forces destroyed a Russian Sukhoi Su-25 military aircraft on April 12, marking the 300th Russian aerial target downed since the beginning of the war according to Ukrainian military indicative estimates

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