Ukraine Destroys 2 Russian Su-34 Bomber Jets in Neptune Missile Strike on Airfield, Navy Says
The Navy said the Long Neptune also hit the base this month, as Ukraine seeks to weaken Russia’s tactical aviation fleet.
- On Thursday, the Ukrainian Navy reported that Neptune missile strikes destroyed two Russian Su-34 fighter-bombers at the Marinovka airfield in Russia's Volgograd Oblast, based with the 11th Composite Aviation Regiment near Oktyabrsky.
- The Su-34 serves as a primary platform for Russian tactical aviation to deploy guided aerial bombs against Ukrainian cities and Defense Forces positions, with strikes intended to reduce Moscow's ability to conduct combat operations.
- Ukraine utilized the Long Neptune, an extended-range version of its Neptune missile capable of striking targets up to 1,000 kilometers away. The strike follows an October 15 attack on Borisoglebsk that destroyed four Russian Su-34M bomber-jets.
- Russia has lost 43 Su-34 fighter-bombers since the full-scale invasion, with another seven damaged. Defense Intelligence Directorate officials said such losses require "a lengthy production cycle, substantial financial resources, and specialized industrial cooperation" to replace.
- Despite these losses, Russia's Aerospace Forces currently operate approximately 140 Su-34 aircraft as of October 22, according to the Defense Intelligence Directorate. Moscow continues manufacturing and modernizing the fleet to sustain aerial operations against Ukraine.
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On Thursday, Ukraine announced that it had destroyed two Russian fighter-bombers Su-34 during a missile strike at the Marinovka airfield, in the Volgograd region. The operation was reportedly carried out with a...
"As a result of the strike, two front-line Su-34 fighter-bombers were destroyed in the area of the 11th Mixed Aviation Regiment (Oktyabrsky town in the Volgograd region), belonging to the 4th Mixed Aviation Division of the 4th Air Force and Air Defense Army," the press service of the Ukrainian Naval Forces reported on Facebook. The Navy noted that the Su-34 is one of the main platforms of Russian tactical aviation, used to drop guided aerial bom…
The Ukrainian Navy announced that it had destroyed two Russian Su-34 fighter-bombers in a missile strike on the Marinovka military airfield in the Volgograd region. According to Ukrainian data, the attack was carried out with a long-range modification of the Neptune missile, known as the Long Neptune. “Two more Su-34 aircraft are on the account of the Long Neptune,” the Ukrainian Navy said. According to the report, the target near the village of…
Ukrainian Navy destroyed two Russian fighter-bombardment planes Su-34 in an attack on the Marinovka military airfield in the Volgograd region of Russia, using Neptun missiles internally produced, announced the Navy on 29 October...
Ukrainian forces have destroyed in the last two hours two Russian Suhoi Su-34 fighter planes, which parked on the Marinovka airfield in the Russian region Volgograd (south), and have also hit Russian infrastructure for the launch of drones and the storage of oil products in the Briansk region, reports EFE, taken over by Agerpres. The two Russian Su-34 ...
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