Oct 15 (Reuters) – Ukraine’s military said on Thursday it had damaged six Russian Su-34M military aircraft in an overnight strike on the Borisoglebsk airfield in Russia’s Voronezh region.
In a statement on Telegram, Ukraine’s military general staff said it had confirmed damage of varying degrees to all six aircraft.
Satellite imagery taken on Thursday and verified by Reuters shows evidence of destruction at the airfield.
The Su-34M is a large fighter-bomber, costing tens of millions of US dollars apiece and frequently used by Russia to drop devastating glide bombs onto Ukrainian cities near the frontline.
Ukraine’s said on Telegram it used its Neptune coastal missile system in the attack.
(Reporting by Lina Golovnya, Max Hunder and Edward Carron; Editing by Alexandra Hudson and Toby Chopra)
