Kyiv: Ukrainian forces on Saturday said that it has shot down a Russian fighter plane, while Moscow asserted it had made territorial gains in eastern Ukraine. The bomber was downed near Kostiantynivka in the Donetsk region,

The Russian bomber was shot down near the city of Kostiantynivka in the Donetsk province, head of the Kostiantynivka Military Administration Serhiy Horbunov was quoted as saying by Ukraine’s public broadcaster, Suspilne. Photos showed charred remains of an aircraft after it landed on a house that caught fire.

Ukrainian forces say they have shot down a Russian fighter plane while Russia claimed it made gains in Ukraine’s east

Defense Ministry claims its forces took control of Ukrainsk settlement while fighting in Kursk region continues - Anadolu Ajansı

The frontline picture in Ukraine changed drastically in August when Kyiv launched a shock incursion into the Kursk region and Russian began making rapid progress in the east.

Ukrainian officials say Russian forces attacked Ukraine overnight with 87 Shahed drones and four different types of missiles.

There have been unconfirmed reports that a Russian aircraft or drone has been shot down over Ukraine's Donetsk region on Saturday, possibly in a friendly fire incident. According to the Ukrainska Pravda newspaper the Russian aircraft had been launching guided aerial bombs at Ukrainian positions and was shot down its own troops on the ground.

According to military data, the Russians launched the missiles and drones from the airspace over Kursk Oblast and the temporarily occupied Crimea. Read also: Ukraine's air defense shoots down 9 out of 19 Shahed drones overnight The Ukrainian Air Force reported that three drones were intercepted in Odesa Oblast.