Ukrainian air force holds drills, including air strikes

FILE PHOTO: Ukrainian Su-27 fighter jets are seen at an airforce base near Zhytomyr, Ukraine December 6, 2018. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich

KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine has held drills of its air force, including the practice of airstrikes, on training grounds in the south of the country, the defence ministry said on Tuesday.

It said in a statement that Su-24M and Su-25 planes, under cover of MiG-29 and Su-27 fighters, made simulated airstrikes and hit air and surface targets as though they were in the Black Sea.