On Monday morning, the Ukrainian authorities announced – very quickly after a massive attack with drones and missiles – that the Russians struck the airfield in the west of the country, saying that five aircraft were “decommissioned”. “and this work was carried out during the repair of the track.

There are currently no public images of the place of attack and accurate information, but some military analysts say that there are many signs of what happened, especially since satellite images show that there are dozens of bunkers on the aerodrome to protect the fighting.

It is also interesting that this military airport is the base of hostilities of Ukrainian Su-24 aircraft that launch Storm Shadow missiles, and it is easy to understand why it is an important purpose for the Russians.

Strange Ukrainian statement about the loss of five planes

Air strikes in the morning of Monday struck a military target in Khmelnitsky, and the emergency officers are still trying to curb the flames, the governor of the region said this morning.

“At the moment, further work is carried out on the localization of fires in the warehouses of fuel and lubricants and ammunition,”-writes in Telegram of the Regional State Administration of Khmelnytsky region.

“Five planes were decommissioned. The runway is under repair. Data on the victims is being updated,” the source added.

According to Ukrainians, the Russians from Sunday to Monday launched 40 winged missiles (37 of them were reported) and 35 drones (of them, as reported, were shot down 29).

“It is hard to believe that Ukrainian officials will provide the Russians with BDA”

Military analyst Yakub Yanovsky, a relic of the famous Oryx site and Bellingcat investigations site, says that the aircraft remaining outdoors were likely to be amazed and that Ukrainians were most likely not caused by the Russians. provoked assessment (BDA)

“In my opinion (based on this old Google Maps image), given a lot of HAS (shelter for aircraft), I would expect that 5 destroyed aircraft will be released (aircraft suitable for use in HAS), but a new satellite image May need to determine what has been damaged/destroyed, ”he wrote on Twitter.

“This is the Su-24 operations base that was used to launch the winged Storm Shadow missiles, but it is unclear whether these planes were on this airway during the attack.

And the fact that they are stored in HAS would make the loss of five planes unlike . But this is speculation based on the limited information available.

It is also difficult to believe that Ukrainian officials will give Russians BDA (accurate assessment of the damage from the bomb) – especially since they will do it quickly (in some cases, in the past, the officials of the AU have published false information about the results of personnel), “Yakub Yanovsky added.