PANews reported on May 7 that Pakistan's Defense Minister said on a foreign TV station that Pakistan shot down five Indian planes and some Indian soldiers were captured.
According to CCTV , Pakistan and India have started exchanging fire on the Line of Control in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir early this morning, and Pakistan has launched ground and air combat operations. The Indian Ministry of Defense issued a press release in the early morning of the 7th, confirming that the Indian armed forces launched an operation code-named "Sindur" to attack facilities in Pakistan and Pakistan-controlled Kashmir. The communiqué stated that the above-mentioned regions planned and directed the attack on India.
