They've downed a couple of big Russian airplanes that could have been carrying lots of troops. Its impossible to know for sure one way or another but it seems plausible if these massive carriers were full of troopsAs both are former Soviet countries, the propaganda from each side is very strong in this war. Russia speaks for itself, but I doubt a lot of the information from the Kyiv Independent is accurate either. 3,500 Russians dead already? The Russia-Afghan war lasted 10 years and saw 15,000 Russians soldiers killed. Surely they can't have lost 3,500 in 2 days?
It's proving difficult to get an accurate picture of what is going on, other than Ukraine seems to be putting up a good fight.