Pictures show Ukraine’s attacks against Russian aircraft
It was on June 1 that the smuggled, Ukrainian drones attacked against several air bases in what Ukraine called Operation spider web.
From containers on trucks, so-called FPV drones flew, which struck in Russian bombing.
« The planning, organization, every detail was perfectly implemented. It can be said with confidence that this was an absolutely unique operation, » wrote the country’s President Zelensky himself on x.
– It was incredibly impressive. They are constantly surprised by the Ukrainian innovation force, says Carl Bergqvist, colonel and head of the Air Force’s Air Force School, to DN.
Ukraine’s security service SBU first went out and said that more than 40 aircraft met. Later came information that 13 was destroyed And even more were injured.
DN has examined satellite images From June 2 over the bases Ivanovo Severnyj and Djagilevo, which seems to confirm the Russian Ministry of Defense statement about the fact that the attack could be averted on those airfields. There is no damage to the bomb plane set up here.
However, New York Times Own satellite images from the airfield in Belaja. The images show raised planes, and Nyt writes that seven strategic bombers were damaged on the Belajasen. Probably four tupolev tu 22-m and three tupolev tu-95.
In the pictures that have come from the Olenjasen in Murmansk, there are five planes, but the information varies.
– Regardless of what number it is, it is a tough blow to the Russian Air Force that you have struck so far into Russia and against these resources, says Carl Bergqvist.
The aircraft hit by the drones are the ones that have stood « on the line » – that is, the ones that have probably been most accessible and ready for battle operations.
– This forces Russia to parry and divide resources to protect itself at home, says Carl Bergqvist.
The Russian bomb flights are used for four of cruise robots against goals inside Ukraine. The robots have a long range, and the plan can shoot them from Russian territory. Once the cruise robots are well in the air, they are combined with shahed drones in large attacks, which are difficult to defend against.
– The most effective thing is to remove the aircraft before they even start. It is much more difficult to affect the robots when they are in the air, says Carl Bergqvist.
Thus, Russia loses bombing means a reduction in the Russian ability to shoot robots. But Carl Bergqvist believes that the big gain for Ukraine is that the operation creates uncertainty.
– You don’t know where Ukraine can strike next. It really is that you influence your opponent on the mental level, he says.
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