Ukrainian Drones Strike Russian Airfield in Taganrog, Destroying Two Tu-142 Aircraft and Iskander Launcher
Ukrainian forces struck a Russian military airfield in Taganrog on Saturday, destroying two Tu-142 naval aircraft and an Iskander missile launcher. Fires broke out at a fuel tank, oil tanker, and administrative building.
New York PostUkrainian drones destroyed two Russian Tu-142 naval aircraft at the military airfield in Taganrog near the Sea of Azov on Saturday. The same operation destroyed a launcher for the Iskander ballistic missile system in the city. The Ukrainian military released video recorded by a drone showing a kamikaze drone diving into a four-propeller Tu-142 plane on a runway.
A second clip showed an Iskander launcher being incinerated, with another drone recording the resulting fireball. A fuel tank, an oil tanker, and a Russian administrative building in Taganrog caught on fire as a result of the strikes, according to Rostov Oblast Governor Yuri Slusar.
The Iskander missile system launcher was destroyed in Taganrog on Friday night, Robert "Magyar" Brovdi reported on Telegram.
The Tu-142 is a long-range marine anti-submarine aircraft. The Iskander missile system has been used by Moscow to launch ballistic missiles at Ukraine from a range of up to 500 kilometers.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky posted on X: “We are rightfully bringing the war back to where it came from. ” The Ukrainian military action occurred two weeks after 24 civilians in Kyiv, including 3 children, were killed in a Russian missile attack on an apartment building. The war in Ukraine continues to rage after more than four years of fighting.
The Ukrainian military released a video showing the destruction of two Russian planes and a key missile system.
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