The Ukrainian forces attacked an airfield with long -range drones in southern Russia, Ukraine general personnel said Thursday on Thursday. According to reports, the airfield is used to launch Shahid drones designed by Iran. Development occurs when France says that he delivered the first lot of Mirage Fighter Jets to Ukraine. It is reported that the attack, which arrived during the night at the Primorsko-Akhtarsk airfield in the Krasnodar region of Russia, began a fire, the general staff wrote on Facebook.
While the Russian Ministry of Defense reported that Ukrainian drones demolished about Krasnodar, it did not explicitly mention the region or the airfield.
In particular, Ukraine has developed his long -range drones aimed at cultivating his domestic weapons industry and becoming less dependent on Western aid to combat his war of almost three years with Russia. Sometimes, drones have successfully reached Russia, hitting oil refineries, weapons and airfield stores.
France confirms the delivery of Mirage to Ukraine
The French authorities have affirmed that they had delivered to the first combat planes promised to Ukraine by President Emmanuel Macron last June. The first one arrived today in Ukraine, ”said Sebastien Lecornu, Minister of the Armed Forces, in X.
“With the Ukrainian pilots on board, trained for several months in France, they will now help defend the heavens about Ukraine.” Lecornu did not say how many planes they were delivered. kyiv has also received American combat planes, F-16, from European countries. However, Ukraine has refrained from mentioning these planes explicitly.
The Russian forces fired 77 Shahed and other types of drones, as well as two Ballistic Iskander-M missiles, in Ukraine during the night, according to the Ukraine Air Force. A statement said that 56 drones were destroyed and another 18 were stuck and lost on the half flight. Some buildings were damaged, but no victims were reported.
Ukraine attacked the largest oil refineries in Russia
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The attack that arrived on Sunday hit a refinery in the Volgograd region, which is one of the 10 largest refining facilities in Russia, processing about 6% of the country’s oil, said an official in the security service From Ukraine to the AP news agency.
(With AP tickets)
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