Editor’s note: This story has been updated with additional details about Shahed-type drones.
Ukraine struck the Primorsko-Akhtarsk airfield in Russia’s Krasnodar Krai with drones overnight on Feb. 6, the General Staff reported.
“The blow and the explosions in the target area. A chimney exploded. The effects of the coup are clear,” the statement said.
The airfield, located 230 kilometers (142 miles) from the front line, is a key launch site for Russian Shahed type drones used in opposition to Ukraine, said the general, adding the storage, education and maintenance of maintenance and maintenance of Aircraft for aircraft operating in Zaporizhzia and Kherson Obasts.
Russian local telegrams have reported explosions near the airfield after the attack.
“The movements in the facilities similar to the guarantee of the armed attack of Russia opposed to Ukraine and the terrorization of the civilian population will continue,” added the general personnel.
Russia has increasingly supported through Shahed drones, capable of traveling to 2,500 kilometers, to attack the Ukrainian infrastructure and residential areas.
Suicide drones are very successful and simple to deploy when they reach long -ranking goals. To overwhelm the Ukraine Air Defense System, Russia launches Shaheds in conjunction with ballistic missiles.
Initially imported from Iran, Russia began domestic production of the Shahed in 2023, Yelabuga Factory Manufacturing’s 2,738 sets of 2,738.
By 2024, production has reached more than 5,700 sets in the first few months alone, according to CNN, known as Geran in Russia, those drones are the cornerstone of Moscow’s long-term strike capabilities.
Despite the setbacks, adding a December fireplace in the warehouse of the special economic zone of Alabuga that destroyed $ 16 million in drone components, the installation remains for Russian drones operations.
Most drone attacks are launched from Cape Chauda in Crimea, as well as from Yeisk, Primorsko-Akhtarsk, and Kursk Oblast.
Russian drone movements have violated the airspace of neighboring countries, adding Romania, Latvia and Poland, those nations do not intercept the projectiles.