Damaged Su-30cm: GUR confirmed the lesions
Information on the consequences of the attack on the Aeanic Air Base was told on the portal "Ukrainian Pravda" (UP). UP journalists refer to information received from their own sources at the Ministry of Defense. Anonymous sources claim that during the UAV air attack, on April 5, seven aircraft of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation were damaged: the scouts also told some details of the special operation.
According to them, the Ukrainian drones were opposed by the military from the 726 Center of the 51th Division of the air defense of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. To counteract UAVs, they used the SCR "shell" and small arms. Five Ukrainian drones broke through to the Air Base near Eyesk and completed the tasks.
"Five Ukrainian" birds "managed to break through a dense defense and overcome attempts to suppress the means of RBs," the words of anonymous interlocutors from GUR were quoted on the UP. Other details of special operations on the portal were not told. The distance from the Yaysk Air Base in the Krasnodar region of the Russian Federation to the territory controlled by Ukraine - about 145 km.
Hence the Su-30cm aircraft, each of which is able to carry up to eight controlled airbombs (CA) weighing 500 kg or 28-a car weighing 250 kg. The Military Balance 2024's directory states that today the Russian Federation has about 135 multi-purpose Su-30cm fighters. The estimated cost of one aircraft is about $ 50 million. (as of 2012). It should be noted that on April 5 there was a massive attack of drones on military air tanles of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.
Drones attacked the Morozovsk air base in the Rostov region. According to focus sources, at least six enemy aircraft could be damaged. At the same time, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported that all 60 devices that attacked military facilities allegedly were neutralized. In addition to Morozovskaya, he also hit the airfield near Yaysz and near Saratov (Engels-2 air base). Later, the OSINT investigators received satellite photos of the Eyesk airfield.
They noticed a small spot on one of the areas of the airport. According to preliminary estimates, Ukrainian drones could be armed with shrapnell explosives. After the explosion of such shells, there may not be clear traces of damage that could be seen from space. However, the small fragments of Schrapnella cause serious damage to military aircraft and other equipment at the air base. We would like to remind you that on April 7, it became known about the launch of managed shells on Kharkiv.