In the Russian Federation, drones attacked an airfield
The Russian Federation announced an “invasion” of 35 drones: an airfield near Rostov was attacked
unian: Unknown drones on the night of Sunday, December 17, attacked a military airfield for Russian occupiers in the Rostov region.
As Astra reports, UAVs attacked an airfield in Morozovsk, Rostov region. The moment of the massive attack was caught on video.
The attack was also confirmed by the local governor Vasily Golubev. According to his version, the air defense shot down “most” of the drones over the airfield.
“Early this morning, air defense forces repulsed a massive attack of aircraft-type drones on the territory of the Rostov region in the Morozovskaya and Kamenskaya areas. Most of the drones were destroyed. There were no casualties,” Golubev assures.
According to open data, the 559th Guards Regiment (military unit 75392) is based at the military airfield in Morozovsk. Front-line bombers SU-24, SU-24M, SU-34 are stationed at the airfield.
At the same time, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported that their air defense allegedly shot down 33 drones on the night of December 17 over the Volgograd, Lipetsk and Rostov regions. Then the Russians added that two more UAVs were destroyed in the Volgograd region.
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- 17 December 2023 12:34
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