Ukraine has repeatedly targeted high-value Russian assets like jets, including during strikes on air bases housing Moscow's aircraft.
Ukraine has destroyed several Russian jets in little over a week, according to reports from Kyiv's military, Ukrainian media and Russian sources.Since May 14, Ukraine has likely destroyed at least six Russian aircraft of various types, including MiG-31 and Su-25 jets, reports from Ukraine's armed forces, domestic outlets, Russian independent media and satellite imagery suggest.
Ukraine launched consecutive strikes on a Russian air base close to the Crimean port city of Sevastopol between the night of May 14 and the morning of May 16.Satellite imagery published by U.S. space technology company Maxar appeared to show that two MiG-31 jets and one Su-27 had been destroyed at the Belbek airfield. Another aircraft, an MiG-29, was also damaged, The New York Times journalist Christiaan Triebert said, sharing the images to social media.
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