Ukrainian Strike From Within Russia Destroys Su-27 Fighter at Airbase - Reports

Defence affairs analysis

Ukraine personal operating inside Russia have destroyed a Russian Aerospace Forces Su-27UB twin seat heavyweight fighter aircraft at the Armavir airfield in the Krasnodar Krai region, according to a number of reports.

Ukrainian government sources have released video footage showing the incident from a first-person perspective, which indicates that the aircraft was destroyed from a very short distance, rather than by drone strike as was previously the case for several high profile Ukrainain attacks launched from within Russia’s borders. The attack occurred less than two months after a successful Ukrainain attacks on major strategic bomber facilities across Russia on June 1 under Operation Spider’s Web, which engaged targets as deep as 4000 kilometres away from Ukrainian borders. The operation was historically unprecedented for a strike on a strategic bomber fleet, or for any kind of drone strike launched from within a hostile country’s borders on major airbases.