The Marinovka airfield. Photo: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine<\/p>\n
Two Russian Su-34 fighter-bombers have been destroyed and two others damaged by Ukraine\u2019s Security Service (SSU), Armed Forces and Special Operations Forces in a drone attack on the Marinovka airfield in Russia\u2019s Volgograd Oblast.<\/p>\n
Source: <\/strong>Security Service of Ukraine<\/a>; General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine<\/a>; Special Operations Forces<\/a><\/p>\n Quote from the SSU:<\/strong> “The Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces and the Security Service of Ukraine have carried out a joint special operation that resulted in the destruction of two Russian Su-34 fighter-bombers and damage to two others at the Marinovka airfield.”<\/p>\n Advertisement:<\/p>\n
Details:<\/strong> Long-range drones were used to conduct the operation.\u00a0<\/p>\n The attack also caused a fire to break out in the airfield’s technical maintenance area \u2013 a critical part of the military facility.<\/p>\n Russian forces use this section to get aircraft ready for missions, perform routine maintenance, and carry out repairs.<\/p>\n The General Staff added that Su-34s are the main tactical military aircraft that Russia uses to carry out missile and bomb strikes against Ukrainian positions and civilian areas.<\/p>\n “They are classed as frontline fighter-bombers in the Russian Aerospace Forces,” the General Staff said. “They are particularly used to drop guided aerial bombs, including some equipped with glide and correction modules [UMPKs].” [A UMPK is a guidance kit for converting unguided bombs into precision-guided munitions \u2013 ed.]<\/p>\n
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