A military sapper inspects remains of a Russian Sukhoi Su-25 fighting aircraft
A military sapper inspects remains of a Russian Sukhoi Su-25 fighting aircraft hit by Ukrainian Armed Forces in Ukraine's Kyiv Region in April 2022.
  • Ukrainian anti-aircraft weapons shot down five Su-25 war planes. 
  • US-supplied ATACMS destroyed 14 helicopters on the ground, said UK military intelligence.
  • The scale of Russia's losses is unprecedented since the first days of invasion of Ukraine.

Ukraine spectacularly humiliated Putin's airforce in October, shooting down Russian warplanes and destroying helicopters on the ground, say reports.

Ukraine has been bolstering its air defense capabilities in recent months, and it shot down five Russian Su-25 attack jets over a 10 day period, The Kyiv Post reported.