MOSCOW, October 30. /TASS/. Russian air defense assets shot down two Ukrainian Mi-8 helicopters and an Su-25 aircraft in the Donetsk People's Republic during a special operation, Russian Defense Ministry Spokesman Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov said on Sunday.

"Anti-aircraft defense near the Nikolskoye settlement of the Donetsk People's Republic destroyed a Ukrainian airplane Su-25. Two Ukrainian Mi-8 helicopters were shot down in the areas of Kirovsk and Konstantinovka settlements of the Donetsk People's Republic," he said.