A plane belonging to the Russian acrobatic team “Russian Knights” was reportedly destroyed in a drone attack at the Russian air base in Kushchevskaya, located in the Krasnodar region. The information was released by the website Militarnyi.
The successful attack occurred on the night of May 19, and the following day, low-quality satellite images of the airfield began to circulate. These images revealed a damaged combat aircraft, which was identified as a Su-27 or Su-35, as both models are almost identical externally.
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Now, high-quality images from Planet Labs, published by Radio Liberty, show the results of the attack in greater detail. The photos reveal damaged aircraft, including the front-line bomber Su-34 and the fighters Su-27 (or Su-35) and Su-30.
Most attention is focused on an aircraft designated as a Su-27, which features the characteristic paint scheme of the “Russian Knights” acrobatic group. This group, created in 1991, uses single-seat Su-27P and two-seat Su-27UB aircraft. Since 2016, the team has also received Su-30SM fighters, and starting in 2019, they began receiving Su-35S fighters, which are visually similar to the Su-27P in satellite images.
Therefore, it is currently impossible to determine precisely which “Russian Knights” aircraft was hit at the Russian airfield in Kuban.
This was the second drone attack on the military airfield in Kushchevskaya in recent weeks.
Source: mil.in.ua. This content was created with the help of AI and reviewed by the editorial team