The airbase has played a major role in enabling Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Russian air defences are “compromised” after Kyiv struck a Russian airbase 150km north of the Ukrainian border.
Russia’s Seshcha Airbase was struck on May 3rd by several uncrewed aerial vehicles, the UK Ministry of Defence said in an intelligence update.
One Russian military transport aviation (VTA) aircraft was damaged in the strike.
The UK Ministry of Defence said: “Russian leaders will be concerned that Russia’s air defences continue to be compromised, holding at risk key strategic assets such as VTA bases.”
The Seshcha Airbase is a hub for the VTA in western Russia, the Ministry of Defence said, which has played a major role in enabling Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Russia also uses the airbase to Iranian produced one-way attack aircraft towards Kyiv.
It comes as two of Russia’s military commanders were killed in eastern Ukraine as Kyiv’s forces renewed efforts to break through Russian defences in the embattled city of Bakhmut.
Moscow acknowledged on Friday that its forces had fallen back north of Bakhmut amid a surge of Ukrainian attacks, but Kyiv has played down suggestions a huge, long-planned counteroffensive has officially begun.
Source: Independent
