Ukraine's Armed Forces and Security Service launch successful attack on Rostov Oblast – UP source
Ukraine’s Armed Forces and Security Service carried out a special operation on the night of 16-17 December, striking Russian military equipment at an airfield in Rostov Oblast, Russian Federation.
Source: an anonymous source in Ukraine’s security forces in a comment for Ukrainska Pravda
Quote: "Drones were deployed to attack the airfield.
Though the Russian Federation has issued its usual statement saying that all drones had been shot down, in reality Ukraine’s Security Service and the Ukrainian Armed Forces inflicted substantial damage on [Russian] military equipment."
Details: The source stressed that the airfield was a key target because the 559th Bomber Aviation Regiment of the Russian Aerospace Forces is based there.
Up to 20 Su-34 aircraft, three radars, and other military equipment were at the airfield at the time of the attack.
Background:
- Russian officials claim that Russia’s air defence intercepted or downed 33 drones on the night of 16-17 December.
- Russian media claimed that the drones attempted to attack a military airfield in the town of Morozovsk, where frontline aircraft are stationed.
- An anonymous source told Ukrainska Pravda that Ukraine’s Defence Intelligence was involved in drone attacks on Russia’s Lipetsk and Volgograd oblasts on the night of 16-17 December.
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