 Russia said on November 17 that its forces shot down three Ukrainian MiG-29 fighters while Ukraine claimed its armed forces struck Russia's command post, according to official briefings from the two countries. The Russian Defense Ministry said in a briefing released on Friday that in the past week, the Russian army repelled the attacks of the Ukrainian army in many directions including Kupinsk, Krasnyi Lyman and Donetsk, Zaporizhya, Kursyn and attack Ukrainian artillery system and command post. In addition, the ministry claimed that the Russian air defense forces had shot down three MiG-29 fighters from the Ukrainian side and intercepted 22 Vomars rockets and 198 drones. On the same day, the general staff of the armed forces of Ukraine claimed that over the past 24 hours, 53 battles took place in the frontline area. Meanwhile, Finnish President Sali Niinistus said on Friday that they had decided to provide Ukraine with a new military aid package estimated at 100 million euros.