MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia said on Tuesday it had destroyed five Ukrainian SU-27 fighter jets with Iskander-M missiles and damaged two more at the Myrhorod airfield in Ukraine’s central Poltava region. Ukraine said there had been a strike at the airfield but that Russia was exaggerating the damage caused. Ukraine did not detail exactly what […]
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Agape Flights plane survives gear-up landing at airfield in Haiti; pilots unharmed
VENICE – One of Agape Flights two aircraft experienced a failure Friday morning that forced it into a gear-up landing at a small airport in Haiti. Neither of the two Agape Flights pilots on board were hurt, according to a release from Tim Kenny, the nonprofit’s director of donor relations and development for the Venice-based […]
UK intelligence describes consequences of Ukrainian strike on Belbek airfield in Crimea
The UK Ministry of Defence has estimated that the latest strike by Ukrainian forces on the Belbek airfield in occupied Crimea has further undermined the potential of Russian aircraft. Source: UK intelligence review dated 10 February, reported by European Pravda Details: UK intelligence pointed out that on 31 January, Ukraine struck the Russian Belbek airfield […]