Russian Defense Ministry announced that a Su-34 fighter jet belonging to the Aerospace Forces launched raids on personnel and military equipment of Ukrainian forces in the border area of Kursk Oblast.

"The Russian Aerospace Forces’ multi-role supersonic fighter Su-34 targeted with precision-guided air bombs a gathering of personnel and military equipment of the Ukrainian forces in the border area of Kursk region”, Sputnik quoted the ministry as saying in a statement on Friday.

In response to repeated attacks by Kyiv forces on Russian civilian targets, Russian forces regularly launch precision strikes targeting positions of soldiers, military equipment and mercenaries in Ukraine, as well as energy facilities and industrial centers of the military administration.