MOSCOW, December 12. /TASS/. A Su-35 fighter jet of the Russian Aerospace Forces detected and destroyed a Ukrainian radar station in the Kupyansk direction, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a report.

"While on a mission to patrol the airspace in the special military operation zone, the pilot detected enemy radar emission in the Kupyansk area. Radar emission from the target disappeared as he launched a guided missile from his aircraft," the Russian defense agency said.

Reconnaissance confirmed, too, that the target had been destroyed.