Satellite images have appeared showing the consequences of yesterday’s attack on the Belbek airfield in Crimea.
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Journalists write about traces of a fire in the area where Su-27, Su-30 and Mig-31 aircraft were parked. The War Zone, meanwhile, notes that at least two MiG-31s, the fuel composition and the S-400 radar could have been hit.
The photographs also show that the composition of the airfield’s fuel and lubricants was completely burned,” Radio Liberty said in a statement.
Satellite imagery confirms that part of the flight line and nearby areas at the Russian Belbek airbase on the occupied Crimean peninsula were damaged in Ukrainian strikes this week. Russian MiG-31 interceptors were spotted in the same installation area just two weeks ago. Other parts of the base were also damaged.
It is already known that recent Ukrainian attacks on Belbek, at least one of which occurred on the night of May 14-15, and another possibly on the evening of May 15, destroyed parts of the S-300 or S-400 air defense system. They appear to be related, at least in part, to the use of short-range ballistic missiles by the US Army ATACMS tactical missile system.
A low-resolution satellite image of Belbek taken earlier on May 15 at The War Zone, obtained from Planet Labs, clearly shows at least two large scorched areas along the main flight line located in the central part of the base.
And here are the first photos from the edge, showing Ukrainian strikes with ATACMS missiles at Russia’s Belbek Air Base in Crimea on the last day.
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A pair of MiG-31s were seen in the same areas in a previous satellite image of the base taken on May 1, and the aircraft are regularly seen parked in the area.
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