MOSCOW, October 8. /TASS/. Fighter aircraft of Russia’s Aerospace Forces shot down a MiG-29 fighter of the Ukrainian Air Force in the Zaporozhye Region in the special military operation in Ukraine, Defense Ministry Spokesman Lieutenant-General Igor Konashenkov reported on Saturday.

"Fighter aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces shot down a MiG-29 near the settlement of Chapayevka in the Zaporozhye Region," the spokesman said.

From September 23 to September 27, the DPR and the LPR as well as the Kherson and the Zaporozhye Regions held referendums where the majority of voters opted to join Russia.

On September 30, Russian President Vladimir Putin and the heads of the four regions signed treaties on their accession to Russia.

On October 5, President Putin signed laws on ratifying the accession of the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics (DPR and LPR) as well as of the Zaporozhye and Kherson Regions to Russia following a granted approval from both houses of the Russian parliament - the State Duma and the Federation Council.