A Russian Sukhoi Su-34 fighter-bomber fires missiles during the Aviadarts competition, as part of the International Army Games 2021, at the Dubrovichi range outside Ryazan, Russia Aug. 27, 2021.
A Russian Sukhoi Su-34 fighter bomber over Russia.
  • Ukraine said it destroyed two Russian fighter jets on Monday morning.
  • This adds to the four it claimed to have destroyed over the weekend.
  • Ukraine has been successful in holding back Russia's vastly superior air force throughout the war.

Ukraine said it destroyed two more Russian fighter jets on Monday, bringing its claimed tally to six jets shot down in just three days.

Oleksandr Syrskyi, the commander in chief of Ukraine's armed forces, said in a statement that Ukraine's air force destroyed two Russian aircraft on Monday: A Su-34 fighter-bomber and a Su-35S fighter jet.