The Air Force noted that as a result of the attack on the Belbek airbase in the temporarily occupied Crimea on January 31, at least three enemy aircraft and personnel of the Russian army may have been hit.
Three Russian planes were hit at the Belbek air base
The Ukrainian Air Force most likely shot down at least three enemy planes in Belbek in the temporarily occupied Crimea.
The Air Force spokesman, Colonel Yuriy Ignat, said this on the telethon air, answering journalists' questions.
This is probably more of a question for our intelligence (regarding the affected targets - ed.)... The best confirmation is, of course, satellite images that are already on the Internet, where you can see something. But an even better confirmation is the obituaries in the Russian public, it is the fact that they themselves admit and publish information about the damage, at least three planes were there, then the personnel was definitely destroyed.
An explosion in Belbek: what is known
On January 31, explosions rang out in Sevastopol, near Saky, in Feodosia, Rozdolne and Gvadiyske in the occupied Crimea. Smoke was visible over the Belbek airfield. The occupation authorities announced an air alert and blocked traffic on the Crimean bridge.
The Air Force Commander, Lieutenant General Mykola Oleschuk, thanked everyone who "participated in the cleaning of Crimea from the Russian presence." Cruise missiles hit the airbase.
According to Russian media reports, ten Russian servicemen were killed, including the aviation squadron commander, Lieutenant General Oleksandr Tatarenko.
The occupiers also announced the alleged "launch of 20 missiles", which they managed to shoot down.
Air Force spokesman Yuriy Ignat confirmed the damage to objects at the airbase without details.
