Ukraine Says Its Drones Hit Five Jets at Russian Airfield
A satellite image of Saki Airbase in 2021.
Source: Maxar Technologies
Ukraine’s Security Service said its drones destroyed one jet and damaged four at Saki military airfield overnight, aiming to weaken Russia’s war capability in the occupied Crimea and on the Black Sea.
One Su-30CM fighter jet was completely destroyed and another was damaged, the Security Service of Ukraine, or SBU, said in a statement on Telegram. Three Su-24 bombers and an ammunition depot at the Saki airfield were damaged and the drone strike “caused significant losses,” according to the SBU. Bloomberg News wasn’t able to verify this information.