Ukrainian drones strike deep into Russia, destroying aircraft
21 August 2024 14:02
A Ukrainian kamikaze drone struck the Sawaslejka military airport in the Nizhny Novgorod region of Russia. As a result of the attack, the Russians lost at least three aircraft.
The report was confirmed by a source from military intelligence (HUR) to the portal Ukrainska Pravda. According to the source, the attack destroyed a MiG-31 (variant K or I), two IL-76s, and damaged about five aircraft, probably MiG-31Ks. Currently, there are no video materials or official confirmation of this information.
The previous strike on the Sawaslejka airport was carried out on August 13 at 7:00 PM Eastern Time; it destroyed a fuel and lubricant depot and damage to a MiG-31K/I aircraft.
According to space intelligence data, at the time of the attack on August 13 at 7:00 PM Eastern Time, there were 11 MiG-31K/I and IL-76 aircraft and five Mi-8 and Mi-24 helicopters at the airport.
Anton Gerashchenko, an advisor to the Ukrainian Ministry of Internal Affairs, reminds on the X service that the MiG-31K aircraft is capable of carrying Kinzhal hypersonic missiles, which the Russians use to destroy Ukraine's critical infrastructure.
Attack in the Murmansk region
"Ukrainian drones attacked the Murmansk region on Wednesday," reported the region's governor, Andrei Chibis. According to Russian military officers, the drones managed to reach as far as the village of Vysokoye in the northern part of the region, near which the Olenya military airport is located, where strategic bombers Tu-95MS and Tu-22M3 are stationed.
"Ukraine attacked the Murmansk region using drones for the first time. This is the longest-range record in the entire war," announced The Moscow Times.
