The Armed Forces was knocked down A-50 over Russia: Zelensky thanked the partners for support (video)

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy emphasized that the liquidation of Russian aircraft is the result of the Union of Ukraine and partners. He explained in which cases enemy "birds" are beaten by Western weapons, and in which - Ukrainian. On February 23, the DRLV A-50 aircraft, shot down by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, fell in the Krasnodar region of the Russian Federation. On February 24, this event was commented by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy during the press conference.

"As for A-50 and other aircraft of our enemies, it is the result, in any case, our Union of Ukraine and partners," he said. The leader stressed that without the support of other countries of Ukraine it would be "very difficult", and in some areas it is impossible to keep defense. "We are grateful to our military, our people and our partners for this," Zelensky added.

The President did not reveal the additional details of the operation of the Air Force and responded to the elimination of the A-50 generally. He explained that if the aircraft is working on the captured territories of Ukraine, it is affected by weapons provided by partners. In other cases, the Armed Forces use Ukrainian weapons.

"Ukraine - no opportunity, no right and will never be - it will not use weapons of partners in other territories, except for the Ukrainian temporarily occupied territory," Zelensky emphasized. We will remind, the destruction of the A-50 aircraft was confirmed by the Commander of the Air Force of the Armed Forces Mykola Oleshchuk. GUR was told that this was the result of a joint exploration operation and a military command.