Around 20 personnel are believed to have been killed or injured in the attack in Russia’s Rostov region.
Six Russian warplanes were destroyed and eight others suffered significant damage in a Ukrainian drone strike on a military airbase on Friday, Ukrainian officials said.
The overnight attack targeted the Morozovsk airfield, in Russia’s Rostov region, and was a joint-operation conducted by Ukraine’s SBU security service and the military, a Kyiv intelligence source told the Reuters news agency. Around 20 personnel are believed to have been killed or injured in the attack.
The airbase, located around 60 miles from the border, is reported to house tactical bombers, including the Sukhoi Su-24 and Su-34, which Moscow has used to target front-line positions in Ukraine.
Unverified videos posted on social media appeared to show tracer fire from air defense units and loud explosions close to the airbase overnight on Friday.
Russia’s Defense Ministry claimed that a total of 44 drones were « intercepted and destroyed » in the Rostov region on Friday morning.
