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NV: Thirteen Russian aircraft were shot down over eastern Ukraine in the past two weeks, including three Su-34 fighter bombers on Feb. 29. Do you think the enemy will have to rely less on their air power going forward? Fokin: On the one hand, it’s very good that we finally started shooting down enemy aircraft. But there is no effect as such at the moment. The Russians continues to use both FAB-500 aerial bombs and missile attacks. Therefore, we don’t yet feel that their aviation has weakened. But we hope that we’ll continue to destroy their planes in the same way and will see some change in th…