Ukraine has carried out strikes on an airfield with Russian tactical aircraft in the Volgograd region, hitting Sukhoi aircraft and repair sites for combat aircraft, UNIAN revealed.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that units of the Special Operations Forces, the Security Service and other components of the Defense Forces participated in the operation.
According to preliminary information, four Su-34 aircraft and the technical-operational part - the place where technical maintenance and repair of various combat aircraft are carried out - were hit.
The General Staff recalled that Russian Su-34s are the main tactical aircraft that carry out missile and bomb strikes on Ukrainian positions and settlements. missile and bomb strikes on Ukrainian positions and settlements.
The Russian Aerospace Forces classify them as front-line fighter-bombers. They are used, in particular, to drop guided bombs, including those with planning and correction modules.
According to the General Staff of the Aerospace Forces, since the beginning of the full-scale war in Ukraine, the Russian Federation has lost 416 aircraft and 337 helicopters.
Ukrainian forces have systematically attacked military bases on Russian territory, and last month alone, Kubinka airport in the Moscow region, where Su-27 and MiG-29 are based, was attacked.