Ukrainian intel reveals successful sabotage operations against three Russian helicopters far from frontlines. On 21 July, saboteurs hit two helicopters at a manufacturing center near Moscow, damaging an Mi-28 attack chopper and a Ka-226 multi-purpose aircraft. The strike sparked a fire visible across the region.
Ukrainian intel reveals successful sabotage ops against Russian helicopters far from frontlines.
2 choppers hit near Moscow on 21 Jul, another destroyed at Samara airbase on 24 Jul. Mi-28, Ka-226, and Mi-8 among targets.
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— Euromaidan Press (@EuromaidanPress) July 27, 2024
Days later, on 24 July, another operation destroyed an Mi-8 helicopter at a military airfield in Samara.
On the night of 27 July, Ukrainian drones reportedly struck a Russian Tu-22M3 long-range strategic bomber at the Olenya airbase, located 1,800 km from the Ukrainian border. Additionally, HUR drones attacked two more airbases that night — Engels in Saratov Oblast and Dyagilevo in Ryazan Oblast.
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