The aggressor country, Russia, could lose 5% of all Tu-95 strategic bombers as a result of a Ukrainian UAV raid on Engels.
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If Ukrainian media reports about serious damage to three Tu-95MS strategic bombers at the Russian Engels-2 airfield during a drone attack on the night of April 5 are confirmed, it can be argued that Russia lost about 5% of these aircraft. This is stated in a new report from the Institute for the Study of War (ISW).
Analysts note that usually the Ukrainian Defense Forces attack individual air bases, but the day before three airports were attacked at once. This is a “marked shift in capabilities.”
ISW indicates that as of 2023, Russia had approximately 60 Tu-95 aircraft. A possible loss of five percent of these aircraft would be a “noticeable loss” for Moscow.
Military experts also note that constant attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on Russian airfields will worsen the ability of enemy aircraft to launch missile and air strikes throughout Ukraine.
Let us remind you that the day before, the Ukrainian Defense Forces simultaneously launched strikes on three airfields on the territory of the aggressor country. On the night of April 4–5, the Morozovsk, Engels, and Yeisk airfields were attacked. According to media reports, at least eight strategic bombers could be located in Engels: three Tu-160 and five Tu-95.
At the military airfield in Yeisk on the eve of the UAV attack there were about 30 aircraft, and at the airfield in Morozovsk as of April 4 there were 29 fighters of various types, most of them Su-34.
Source: Racurs
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