Pletenchuk: Russia uses at least 5 airfields in Crimea

Pletenchuk: Russia uses at least 5 airfields in Crimea

Kyiv  •  UNN

August 13 2024, 07:25 AM  •  42175 views

Russia uses at least 5 airfields in the occupied Crimea. The activity of two of them has significantly decreased due to losses, but Russia does not want to redeploy its aircraft to the mainland for tactical reasons.

The Russians in the temporarily occupied Crimea use at least 5 airfields, but two of them no longer have the same load as they had at the beginning of the full-scale invasion because these units were lost. In fact, the activity of these airfields has been minimized.

This was stated by the spokesman for the Ukrainian Navy Dmytro Pletenchuk during a telethon, UNN reports .

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Uses them for their intended purpose. It uses at least 5 airfields. Two of them no longer have the load they had at the beginning of the full-scale invasion because these units were lost. In fact, the activity of these airfields has been minimized. In principle, more airfields could have been used. In fact, there are many similar facilities in Crimea, but these are the ones they use. They do not want to relocate their aircraft to the mainland of the so-called Russian Federation for some tactical reasons, so they continue to use these airfields

- Pletenchuk said.

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