Ukraine has reportedly destroyed half a dozen fighter jets on the ground in a drone strike on the Morozovsk military air base in Rostov Oblast, southern Russia. Soldiers were also killed or injured in the attack on Friday evening.
“At least six fighter jets from the Russian Federation were destroyed and another eight damaged,” several Ukrainian media reported on Friday, citing informants in security circles.
Eight other aircraft were damaged
In addition, at least twenty Russian soldiers were killed or wounded. The attack was carried out by the Ukrainian secret service SBU and the army. Another eight planes were damaged, an insider told Reuters. There were initially no independent confirmations of this. The military airport is located more than 270 kilometers from the front line.
The governor of the Rostov region, Vasily Golubev, had earlier reported a “huge drone attack”. The Russian side said more than 40 drones were shot down by its own air defenses in Rostov. A transformer station and a high-voltage line were damaged.
Russian news agency RIA Novosti reported that Russian troops had entered a suburb of the city of Khasiv Yar in the Donetsk region. The agency relies on a Russian-appointed advisor to regional authorities. A Ukrainian military spokesman denied this report.
Russian drones have been shot down in the southeast
Ukraine’s General Staff said on Friday that Ukrainian forces had repelled most Russian attacks on Bakhmut. According to its own statements, the Ukrainian air defense intercepted thirteen Russian combat drones of Iranian design in the south and southeast of the country.
This means that all combat drones were shot down on time, the Ukrainian Air Force announced on Telegram on Friday. Energy supply facilities in the Odessa region are said to have been the target of the attack.
Russians intercepted dozens of Ukrainian drones
According to an agency report, Russian air defenses intercepted 53 Ukrainian drones during the night. Most of them targeted the Rostov region, RIA Novosti news agency reported, citing the Russian Defense Ministry. A drone was shot down in the Saratov region, where strategic fighter jets are stationed at an air base.
Ukraine has been defending itself against Russia’s war of aggression for more than two years. Ukraine depends on Western aid to defend its territory.
Source: Krone
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