The SBU and the SSO of the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed 2 SU-34 aircraft at the Marynivka airfield in the Volgograd region of the Russian Federation

Units of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) and the Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (SSO ZSU) conducted a special operation on the night of Friday, June 27, as a result of which two Russian Su-34 aircraft were destroyed and two more were damaged at the Marynivka airfield in the Volgograd region of the Russian Federation. About this reported SBU press office.

“On Russian SSO fighters, the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the SBU worked with the help of long-range drones. Due to the attacks, a fire also started in the technical and operational part of the enemy airfield, which is a critically important infrastructure of the military facility. It is there that the enemy prepares planes for flights, carries out their current maintenance and repair work.” – said the SBU.

General Staff of the Armed Forces clarified, that according to preliminary data, as a result of the attack, four units of enemy aircraft were damaged – Su-34 aircraft, as well as the technical and operational part, where maintenance and repair of combat aircraft is carried out. The degree of damage and the results of the damage are being clarified.

Russian Su-34s are the main type of tactical aircraft that carry out missile and bomb attacks on Ukrainian positions and populated areas. In the Aerospace Forces of the Russian Federation, these aircraft are classified as front-line fighter-bombers. They are used, in particular, to drop guided air bombs (UABs), including planning and correction modules (MPK).