Ukraine targeted an airbase in Russia’s Rostov region with at least 70 drones, an official said. Kyrylo Budanov, the head of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine, confirmed the attack to The War Zone. The operation targeted Su-34 bombers used by Russia to drop glide bombs on Ukraine. Ukraine struck a military airbase in Russia with at […]
Satellite images obtained by The War Zone confirm that the Morosovsk Airfield in Russia, about 150 miles from the front lines, was hit by a Ukrainian attack. It’s claimed that the operation was carried out via a mass drone attack. Ukrainian defense and intelligence units used at least 70 drones to strike the base Thursday, […]
The Ukrainian Air Force deployed anti-aircraft guided missiles against two Russian aircraft, a Su-34 and a Su-35, on 2 March. The Su-34 was shot down. Source: Lieutenant General Mykola Oleshchuk, Ukraine’s Air Force Commander, on Telegram Quote: “The enemy continues to attack on the eastern front using guided bombs dropped from tactical aircraft. Just now, […]
Ukrainian forces shot down 14 of the 17 Shahed-type drones launched by Russia overnight on March 2, as well as a Su-34 attack plane on the morning of March 1, the Air Force reported. This is the first Russian jet fighter shot down this month after Russia lost 13 warplanes in just two weeks of […]
Ukraine says it shot down three Russian Su-34 jets in one day. In total, Russia’s lost 10 Su-34s and two Su-35s this month, along with one A-50 aircraft. Ukraine’s hot streak in the skies comes even as they face hardships in other areas of the fighting. Ukraine is taking a victory lap after what it […]
Lieutenant General Mykola Oleshchuk, Commander of Ukraine’s Air Force, has revealed the location of the personal radio beacon belonging to the pilot of the Russian Su-34 fighter-bomber shot down by Ukraine’s Defence Forces on 19 February. Source: Oleshchuk on Telegram Quote: “Russian emergency rescuers have reported that the pilot of the Su-35 is floating ‘face […]
Ukraine’s Armed Forces shot down a Russian Su-34 fighter bomber over Luhansk Oblast on Jan. 29, General Staff spokesperson, Andriy Kovalov, said in a TV interview on Jan. 30. Read also: Ukrainian intel likely behind destruction of Russian Su-34 fighter jet at Chelyabinsk airbase Russia has lost 332 aircraft and 324 helicopters since the beginning […]
Ukraine’s Defence Intelligence has officially announced that a Su-34 tactical fighter bomber burned out at Shagol airfield in the city of Chelyabinsk, Russia, on the night of 4 January 2024. Source: Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU) on Telegram Details: The intelligence agency said the combat aircraft belonged to the Aviation Regiment of the 21st Guards […]
A Su-34 fighter jet caught fire at the Shagol airfield in the Russian city of Chelyabinsk on the night of Jan. 4, a source in Ukraine’s special services told NV, attributing the act to Ukrainian military intelligence (HUR). Read also: Russia resumes use of Su-34 fighters after Ukraine had shot several down within days The […]
A Russian Su-34 fighter jet was lit on fire on Jan. 4 at the Shagol airbase in Chelyabinsk, Russia, which intelligence sources told Ukrainska Pravda was the work of Ukraine’s military intelligence agency (HUR). The extent of damage to the plane, which costs at least $50 million, is unclear. The Kyiv Independent could not verify […]
Russian pilots in Ukraine’s occupied south have been forced to scout for alternative missile launch sites after the downing of three Su-34 fighters in Kherson Oblast, said Ukraine’s Southern Defense spokesperson Natalia Humeniuk. There has been a noticeable decline in strategic aviation activity in the south since the three jets were destroyed on Dec. 22, […]
Russian forces are decreasing aviation activity and use of glide bombs after Ukraine’s military shot down three Russian Su-34 fighter-bomber jets on Dec. 21-22, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reported on Dec. 24. The ISW cited Ukrainian Air Force spokesman Yurii Ihnat and military observer Kostiantyn Mashovets saying that Russian troops have […]