Ukraine Drones Destroy 4 More Russian Fighter-Bombers 180 Miles Away

The Su-34 fighter bomber is the tactical plane most used by Russia to attack Ukrainian targets. 

The planes were stationed at an airfield 180 miles from Ukraine in Volgograd oblast, better known to most people by its former name: Stalingrad. JL

Tetiana Olynyik reports in Ukraine Pravda:

Two Russian Su-34 fighter-bombers have been destroyed and two others damaged by Ukraine’s Security Service (SSU), Armed Forces and Special Operations Forces in a drone attack on the Marinovka airfield in Russia’s Volgograd Oblast. Long-range drones were used to conduct the operation. Su-34s are the main tactical military aircraft that Russia uses to carry out missile and bomb strikes against Ukrainian positions and civilian areas.

Two Russian Su-34 fighter-bombers have been destroyed and two others damaged by Ukraine’s Security Service (SSU), Armed Forces and Special Operations Forces in a drone attack on the Marinovka airfield in Russia’s Volgograd Oblast.

Quote from the SSU: "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."

Details: Long-range drones were used to conduct the operation. 

The attack also caused a fire to break out in the airfield's technical maintenance area – a critical part of the military facility.

Russian forces use this section to get aircraft ready for missions, perform routine maintenance, and carry out repairs.

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.

"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 – ed.]