Russia appeared to suffer its biggest loss of aircraft in a single day since the Second World War as fresh analysis of explosions at an airbase in occupied Crimea contradicted Moscow’s claim that no jets had been destroyed
A review of satellite images revealed at least 10 planes had been destroyed or seriously damaged by the series of blasts that rocked the Saki airbase in Novofedorivka on Tuesday afternoon.
Independent analysts at Oryx, a website that tracks destroyed equipment, assessed four SU-30SM fighter jets had been destroyed, as well as five SU-24M bombers and reconnaissance aircraft.Article content Two buildings, believed to contain ammunition for the jets, were also wiped out in the blasts, satellite imagery appeared to show.Photo by Maxar Technologies via Reuters
But Kyiv continued to mock Russia for the devastation caused by the blasts, suggesting more could follow.
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