On June 27, Ukraine’s Security Service (SSU) announced that, in cooperation with the Special Operations Forces (SOF), a special operation was carried out at Marinovka airfield in russia’s Volgograd region.
As a result, two Su-34 frontline bombers were destroyed, and two more were damaged.
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It was emphasized that the aircraft were struck using long-range drones. This points to a well-planned operation in which the enemy aircraft were hit while still on the ground, before they had a chance to take off.
Now, the OSINT community CyberBoroshno has released telling satellite imagery that confirms the aircraft were indeed hit.
First, analysts shared a Sentinel-1 image showing that aircraft were clearly present at the strike site just two days before the SSU and SOF operation at Marinovka airfield.
As for the image dated June 29, it shows distinctive blast marks at the site where one of the bombers had been stationed, most likely caused by the detonation of the Su-34’s external munitions.
The outcome of the strike helps explain the outcry from russian military blogger and pilot Ilya Fighterbomber Tumanov, who lamented "multi-billion-ruble losses that could and should have been avoided," adding that "there’s no point in commenting on Marinovka at all."
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