SBU confirms largest attack on Russian airfields, targeting four bases in coordinated assault
Sources in the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) confirmed to the Kyiv Post that the largest attack on Russian airfields has taken place. The SBU and defense forces have targeted four Russian airbases in what is the largest attack on Russian military airfields during the entire war.
Sources confirm that this was a carefully planned operation to prevent the enemy from using these airfields to launch guided aerial bombs along the front line and on Ukrainian cities.
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“The SBU continues to methodically weaken the air component of the Russian war machine. The planes currently give the enemy an advantage in the air, but we will continue to clip the wings of these ‘birds’,” a source in the SBU told the Kyiv Post.
Earlier, the Kyiv Post reported that on Wednesday morning, Ukrainian drones attacked the Savasleika airbase, which houses the Russian MiG-31K and its Kinzhal hypersonic missiles, according to local reports.
Eyewitnesses reported about ten explosions near the airfield in Russia’s Nizhny Novgorod region on Wednesday, August 14, before dawn. Drone footage and videos from the area were shared on social media. Locals reported that access to nearby villages and towns, such as Savasleika and Kulebaki, was restricted.
Using NASA satellite data, the media outlet “Agenstvo” confirmed a fire near the airbase at 3:30 a.m., indicating that the drones probably reached their target during the night. The fire was detected near buildings on the airfield grounds.
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The Telegram channel Nikolaevsky Vanek reports that, according to preliminary information, 2 Russian MiG-31s were destroyed in the drone attack.
Gleb Nikitin, the governor of the Nizhny Novgorod region, acknowledged the drone attack and stressed that air defenses and electronic warfare systems were activated to counter it.
Savasleika airbase is home to a regiment of MiG-31Ks equipped with Kinzhal hypersonic missiles. These fighter jets regularly carry out attack missions against Ukraine, usually firing long-range missiles from the safety of Russian airspace.
The Kinzhal missile, introduced in 2018, has been hailed by President Vladimir Putin as “the perfect weapon.”
Russian Telegram channels report that the Ukrainian Air Force targeted three air bases in the early morning of Wednesday, August 14.
“The problem remains the same. The further the airbase is from the front lines, the more peaceful life there is. And covering a military airbase with one or two Pantsirs can only rely on luck,” wrote the popular Russian Telegram channel FighterBomber.
According to several reports on social networks, two other Russian military airfields were targeted in the Voronezh region during the night – in Baltimore and Borisoglebsk.
The governor said that air defense forces and electronic warfare systems had “neutralized several Ukrainian aircraft-type drones.”
The Russian Defense Ministry announced the destruction of 118 drones overnight, including 11 shot down in the Nizhny Novgorod region. Other drones were intercepted in several other regions, and four tactical missiles were shot down in the Kursk region.
