Ukraine Releases Footage of Drone Destroying Russian MiG-29 in Crimea, Part of 3,000-Target June Campaign
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Updated · Kyiv Independent · Jul 4
Ukraine Releases Footage of Drone Destroying Russian MiG-29 in Crimea, Part of 3,000-Target June Campaign
3 articles · Updated · Kyiv Independent · Jul 4
Summary
New video from Ukraine's HUR shows a night drone strike on Belbek airfield in occupied Crimea destroying a Russian MiG-29 during a June 25 raid.
HUR said the attack also wrecked specialist equipment near the jet, putting Russian losses in the tens of millions of dollars.
The footage appeared hours after another successful night of Ukrainian strikes on military targets across the peninsula, underscoring Kyiv's campaign to isolate Crimea from Russian logistics and degrade its military infrastructure.
In June alone, Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces and other units reportedly destroyed or seriously damaged 172 Russian defense, fuel and energy facilities and nearly 3,000 other military targets.
Twelve years after Russia seized Crimea, the steady tempo of Ukrainian strikes is also reviving hope among pro-Ukrainian residents on the peninsula.