Six Su-34 fighter jets disappeared from the Russian airfield in the city of Yeisk after a fire caused by a suspected drone attack earlier this week.
The disappearance of the fighters occurred after a fire near the airfield, which local residents noticed in the evening of February 28, the Russian service of Radio Liberty notes, analyzing satellite images of Planet.com.
The Yeisk airfield is shown in the video on February 15 and March 2, and the air defense range near the airfield is shown in the photos of February 22 and March 2.
6 Su-34 fighter-bombers disappeared from the Yeisk military airfield.
In the evening of February 28, information about the explosion at the airport appeared in the media.
The absence of most of the Su-34s, which are usually stationed, can be seen in the photo taken on March 2 pic.twitter.com/KC2LJ9yKho
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Earlier, the Ukrainian service of the “Schemes” investigative project of RFE/RL drew attention to the fact that burnt fields can be seen in the latest pictures from this area.
They are located on the territory of the PPO Training Center No. 1. 726.
The fire could have started due to the fall of the Ukrainian drone.
On February 28, Russian Telegram channels wrote that “unknown drones” attacked the airfield in Yeisk, Russia. Local authorities said that these were “military-tactical exercises”.
On Thursday, the Schema project released satellite images from Planet Labs that documented the effects of a fire on the territory of an air defense training ground located west of the airfield in the city of Yeisk in the Krasnodar region of Russia.
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