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of private acrobatic aircraft Su-31M with
registration UR
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TOP and Extra EA300SC with
registration UR
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WIN. An ultra-light aircraft
Aeroprakt A-22 Foxbat was also damaged in
the stricken hangar.
The following day, Thursday, June 6,
a video was released showing a Lancet suicide
drone attacking a Ukrainian Su-25 at Kryvyi
Rih airfield in the Dnipropetrovsk region.
On Monday, June 10, a Su-27, likely a two-seat
UB version, was destroyed in a Russian missile
attack on the Myrhorod base in the Poltava
region. On the same day, another Lancet attack
at Kryvyi Rih destroyed another Su-25. In both
cases, it is unclear whether the aircraft were
operational, decommissioned, or decoys. The
use of well-crafted decoys as bait for Russian
drones at Kryvyi Rih airfield was documented
back in November 2023.
Although there were almost no jet aircraft
encounters and no such incidents were
recorded during the monitored period, battles
between Ukrainian propeller-driven planes
and Russian reconnaissance drones were
intense. These engagements, reminiscent of
World War I, were captured in several videos.
Photos also documented the successes of the
Yak-52 crew, marking their victories on the
aircraft's fuselage. This primitive but effective
tactic involved the pilot of the training aircraft
approaching the drone as closely as possible,
and the second crew member shooting it down
with a machine gun from the rear cockpit.
Mirage to the Rescue
At the celebrations of the 80th anniversary
of the Normandy landing, French President
Emmanuel Macron announced that Ukraine
would receive Mirage 2000 fighters. It should
be the 5F version, which entered service in
the French Air Force in 2000. It features a new
cockpit with several large displays replacing
most instruments, an improved radar, and the
capability to carry targeting pods. This version
is optimized for air-to-air combat, carrying
MICA missiles with a range of 60 to 80 km.
However, it can also carry weapons against
ground targets, which Ukraine already uses –
The training center in Yeisk on satellite images from
Planet Labs – see condition before the attack above
and below after the Ukrainian attack. The building on
the left was hit in the upper part, and the warehouse
on the right was completely destroyed.
The Russian Morozovsk base after the attack by more than 70 Ukrainian drones on June 14. The image was taken
by Planet Labs.
Close-up of a hangar with a broken roof, through
which a pair of Su-34s can be seen.
Below the damaged hangar, a large fuel spill can be
seen on the surface, possibly from another damaged
aircraft.
A hangar at the civilian airport in Ukrainian Odessa,
where two private acrobatic aircraft were destroyed,
and at least one ultralight was damaged.
INFO Eduard
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