Despite the fact that Operation Pavutyna with a strike on russian strategic bombers took place on June 1, the russian federation has still not been able to remove the remains of its aircraft. This is evidenced by fresh satellite images of the Belaya airbase in the Irkutsk region.
The images published by the Ukrainian OSINT analyst Tatarigami show the remains of the Tu-95MS and Tu-22M3 aircraft. The reasons why the russians have not yet removed the remains of the aircraft are unknown.
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Let us recall that the attack on this base was the most effective — according to analysts, 4 Tu-95MS as well as up to 7 Tu-22M3 were hit there.
Not all the remains of strategic bombers were removed from the Olenya air base too. But the most important thing can be considered that no progress has been noticed at any of the russian strategic aviation air bases in creating shelters to protect aircraft.
As previously reported, the russian federation had begun construction of mega-shelters for the Tu-160 at Engels airbase. But these structures are unlikely to help save the aircraft from anything more serious than bad weather.
Same cannot be said of the Khalino tactical aviation air base near Kursk, where 10 shelters with an earthen embankment, 12 without an earthen embankment, as well as 8 additional hangars have either already been completed or are in the final stages of construction. It should be noted that the distance from the Ukrainian-russian border to this airbase is only 110 km.
The situation with shelters is similar at the Saky airbase in the occupied Crimea: about 12 concrete shelters have been built and are in operation there. In addition to aircraft, they also store Orion reconnaissance and strike UCAVs.
At the same time, the airbase in the north of the peninsula in Dzhankoi was abandoned by the russians. Apparently, that's because the distance to this city from the front line of about 150 km was deemed too threatening to stay. On the other hand, unlike in Khalino, there are many alternative airbases near Dzhankoi.
"To summarize, russian forces are being forced to adapt by either building fortified structures or abandoning vulnerable airfields despite their logistical convenience. At the same time, these measures appear reactive and lack a coordinated approach across all potential targets," the analyst notes.
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