The Ukrainian

National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) has said that a Russian

military aircraft launched a missile strike against a Su-25 aircraft of

the Ukrainian Armed Forces over Ukrainian territory on Wednesday, July 16.

“Russia carried out another provocation on July 16 at around 7 p.m.. A

military aircraft of the Russian Armed Forces launched a missile strike

against a Su-25 aircraft of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, which was

performing tasks on Ukrainian territory,” NSDC spokesman Andriy Lysenko

said at a briefing on Thursday, July 17.