On the night of June 26, units of the Department of Unmanned Systems of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine struck the "Belbek" airfield in temporarily occupied Crimea. According to Ukrainian intelligence, the attack destroyed a Russian MiG-29 fighter jet. This was reported by the GUR of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, as reported by UNN.
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The intelligence agency noted that during the operation, an airfield launch vehicle was also destroyed, which at the moment of the strike was servicing a combat aircraft of the Russian occupation forces.
On the night of June 25-26, 2026, specialists of the Department of Unmanned Systems of the GUR of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine attacked the "Belbek" airfield in temporarily occupied Crimea. As a result of the operation, a Russian MiG-29 fighter jet was destroyed. In one strike, GUR special forces also burned an airfield launch vehicle – at the moment of the strike, the vehicle was servicing a combat aircraft of the Russian occupiers
According to Ukrainian intelligence estimates, the approximate losses of the Russian side could amount to tens of millions of dollars. The GUR also released a video of the target being struck.
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As reported by UNN, damage to the "Krym" ferry terminal and other facilities was recorded in temporarily occupied Crimea. The "ATESH" movement reported strikes on a military airfield in Dzhankoi.
Reminder
The military, using Ukrainian-made middle-strike UAVs, have already struck key Crimean bridges near Chongar and Armyansk. The strikes were carried out using FP-2 and "Behemoth" drones. The bridge connecting the Kherson region with Crimea in Chongar was hit twice – on the night of June 6-7, and on the night of June 9.
In addition, on June 8, a bridge leading from Henichesk to the Arabat Spit came under attack. Two more bridges across the North Crimean Canal – near the settlements of Preobrazhenka and Myrne near Armyansk – were attacked on June 11.
In addition, on the night of June 13, the "Dzhankoi" checkpoint, a railway bridge, and a pontoon crossing were struck.
On the night of June 22, a railway bridge across the North Crimean Canal was destroyed.
The series of strikes on bridges and logistics routes connecting temporarily occupied Crimea with mainland Ukraine became another stage of the Ukrainian strategy to isolate the Russian group in the south.
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