Two Russian Su-34 fighter-bombers have been destroyed and two others broken by Ukraine’s Safety Service (SSU), Armed Forces and Particular Operations Forces in a drone assault on the Marinovka airfield in Russia’s Volgograd Oblast.
Supply: Safety Service of Ukraine; Basic Employees of the Armed Forces of Ukraine; Particular Operations Forces
Quote from the SSU: "The Particular Operations Forces of the Armed Forces and the Safety Service of Ukraine have carried out a joint particular operation that resulted within the destruction of two Russian Su-34 fighter-bombers and injury to 2 others on the Marinovka airfield."
Particulars: Lengthy-range drones have been used to conduct the operation.
The assault additionally brought about a fireplace to interrupt out within the airfield's technical upkeep space – a important a part of the navy facility.
Russian forces use this part to get plane prepared for missions, carry out routine upkeep, and perform repairs.
The Basic Employees added that Su-34s are the principle tactical navy plane that Russia makes use of to hold out missile and bomb strikes towards Ukrainian positions and civilian areas.
"They’re classed as frontline fighter-bombers within the Russian Aerospace Forces," the Basic Employees stated. "They’re significantly used to drop guided aerial bombs, together with some outfitted with glide and correction modules [UMPKs]." [A UMPK is a guidance kit for converting unguided bombs into precision-guided munitions – ed.]
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