Ukraine’s Precision Strike: Targeting Russia's Borisoglebsk Airfield
- On July 5, 2024, Ukrainian forces struck the Borisoglebsk military airfield in southwestern Voronezh Oblast, targeting jets, a warehouse, and other assets.
- The strike was part of Ukraine’s broader overnight drone campaign intended to weaken Russia’s ability to conduct airstrikes and pressure it to end aggression.
- Explosions were reported around 2 a.m., fires were detected by NASA near the airfield, and Voronezh Governor Aleksandr Gusev confirmed destruction of over 25 drones and power line disruption.
- Russian authorities reported the interception of 42 drones within a three-hour span, primarily in the border areas of Belgorod, Bryansk, and Kursk regions, while Ukraine confirmed striking glide bomb storage sites, training aircraft, and Su-34, Su-35S, and Su-30SM fighter jets.
- The attack highlights Ukraine’s ongoing effort to degrade Russian military assets to reduce strikes on its infrastructure amid escalating conflict in the region.
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The Ukrainian military says a fighter jet and a training aircraft may also have been destroyed in the attack.
Ukraine’s Precision Strike: Targeting Russia's Borisoglebsk Airfield
Ukraine's special forces targeted Russia's Borisoglebsk military airfield, hitting a glide bomb store and a trainer aircraft. Other aircraft may have been affected too. Meanwhile, Voronezh's governor reported the destruction of 25 drones and a temporary power line damage, without mentioning the airfield attack.
On the night of July 5, units of the Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, in cooperation with other components of the Armed Forces, attacked the airfield “Borisoglebsk” in the Voronezh region.
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