Ukrainian Armed Forces hit Savasleyka airfield in Russia: what are the results?
9 June 11:09
On the night of June 9, units of the Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, in cooperation with other components of the Ukrainian Defense Forces, struck the Savasleyka airfield in the Nizhny Novgorod region of Russia. Preliminary, two aircraft were hit. This was reported by "Komersant Ukrainian" with reference to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
“According to preliminary information, two units of enemy aircraft (probably MiG-31 and Su-30/34) were hit. The results of combat operations are being clarified,” the statement said.
The General Staff reminded that the Russian aggressor uses this airfield for strikes on the territory of Ukraine. In particular, MiG-31K fighters, which are carriers of Kinzhal air defense missiles, regularly take off from this military facility.
On June 1, the SBU struck four Russian airfields: Olenya, Ivanovo, Diagilevo and Belaya. Strategic aircraft are based there and regularly shell peaceful Ukrainian cities.
The total losses of enemy aircraft amounted to 41 units, including A-50, Tu-95, Tu-22, Tu-160, as well as An-12 and Il-78. Russia is unable to produce most types of these aircraft, but only repairs and modernizes what it inherited from the Soviet era.
Attack 4300 kilometers in depth
Ukraine has reported an attack on four Russian air bases using 117 drones launched from containers near the targets in an operation codenamed “Web.” On Wednesday, footage was released of the drones attacking Russian strategic bombers and hitting the dome antennas of two A-50 reconnaissance aircraft.
Zelenskyy said that half of the 41 attacked Russian planes had sustained damage beyond repair.
The SBU estimated the damage caused by Russia at $7 billion, saying that 34% of strategic cruise missile carriers at Russia’s main airfields were hit. Satellite imagery shows damaged Russian Tu-95 and Tu-22 bombers used by Russia to launch missile strikes against Ukraine.
Russia’s Defense Ministry has acknowledged attacks on airfields in the Murmansk, Irkutsk, Ivanovo, Ryazan and Amur regions. The ministry said that the attacks were repelled in the latter three regions, and that several planes caught fire in the Murmansk and Irkutsk regions.
The attack has boosted Ukrainian morale after months of relentless Russian pressure on the frontline and Moscow’s powerful drone and missile strikes. It also demonstrated that Kyiv can hit targets deep in Russian territory at a distance of up to 4,300 kilometers from the front line.
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