airborne troops. while cnn cannot independently verify the information, russian state tv for the first time acknowledged that a senior airborne commander and several soldier versus been killed. while still outgunned, the ukrainians feel they might slowly be turning the tide. the armed forces of ukraine continue to deliver devastating blows at groups of enemy troops who are trying to consolidate and hold the captured defensive line, a ukrainian spokesman says. the ukrainians say they are launching counterattacks against russian troops, this video showing an antitank guided missile taking out a russian armored vehicle. they claim they've killed more than 14,000 russian troops and shot down more than 110 combat choppers. cnn can't confirm those numbers, but the russians haven't updated their casualty figures in more than two weeks. instead claiming what they call their, quote, military special operation, is going as planned.