MOSCOW, January 21. /TASS/. Fighter aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces shot down Su-24 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force in the Donetsk People's Republic, the official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, Lieutenant-General Igor Konashenkov said on Saturday.

"Fighter aircraft of the Russian Aerospace Forces shot down Su-24 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force near the village of Vladimirovka in the Donetsk People's Republic," he said.