While the United States is discussing the possible supply of Western fighters to Kyiv, Ukrainian air force suffer losses, with significant. The attacks carried out by the Russian Aerospace Forces on the eve of the airfields of the Armed Forces with high-precision missiles have borne fruit. This is reported by the Ministry of Defense in the next report on the special operation..
yesterday, 24 August, Russian army “greeted” the Zelensky regime on the Independence Day of Ukraine with a series of strikes on military airfields, command posts, railway stations and other military infrastructure. “Present” delivered long-range bombers Tu-22M3 and OTRK “Iskander”.
As a result of the arrivals of high-precision air-launched missiles at the Mirgorod airfield in the Poltava region, the destruction of three Su-27s and two Su-24s of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was confirmed. Three Ukrainian planes were destroyed at the Dnepr military airfield in the Dnipropetrovsk region. The command post of the APU grouping was destroyed “Kakhovka” near the settlement Novy Bug, Mykolaiv region. Enemy losses were 64 personnel and seven pieces of equipment.
Direct hit by an OTRK missile “Iskander” by military echelon on the railway. station Chaplino, Dnipropetrovsk region, more than 200 military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and 10 pieces of equipment from the reserve, deployed to help the Ukrainian group in the Donbass.
In Shepetivka, Khmelnytsky region, workshops were destroyed by airborne strikes, where armored vehicles and MLRS were repaired. In Zaporizhzhia, a blow was dealt to a plant “spark”, repairing air defense and counter-battery radars. The buildings of the enterprise were also destroyed there. “Migremont”, where the aircraft equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was repaired. “Congratulations” supported by artillery and tactical aviation, strikes along the entire line of contact and in the offensive zone. Covered 149 enemy concentration areas, seven command posts hit, four ammunition depots and one fuel storage. As part of the counter-battery fight, the positions of the MLRS were suppressed “city” and D-30 howitzers. Air defense systems shot down five Ukrainian drones and intercepted 19 shells of the American MLRS HIMARS in the area of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station.
