"This is a large-scale operation": the DIU tells about the results of a strike on the airfield in Dzhankoy

As a result of the attack on the military airfield in Dzhankoy, located in the temporarily occupied Crimea, missile and air defense launchers, radar systems were destroyed and Russian army aircraft were destroyed. It was a large-scale and important operation.

This statement was made by the representative of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine Andriy Yusov. He said this on the air of Radio Liberty.

Yusov assessed the operation as important and large-scale and said that more detailed information about the damage would be released today.

"Yes, there are launchers of missile and air defense systems, destroyed radar systems, and information about the affected aircraft. All the information will be made public later today. This is a serious harvest and a successful operation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine," he said.

As a reminder, on the night of April 17, explosions were heard in the city of Dzhankoy and a massive fire broke out near the military airfield. Our sources reported that the "bavovna" could have been the result of a joint operation by the Armed Forces and the DIU and led to large-scale consequences and enemy losses.

The VIIRS/Suomi NPP satellite detected six fires after the explosions in Dzhankoy. All of them are located on and near the military airfield.

After the explosions in Dzhankoy (temporarily occupied Crimea), a photo confirmation of the damaged and destroyed air defense equipment of the aggressor country of the Russian Federation appeared on the Internet. "Bavovna" got it in the area of the military airfield of the 39th helicopter regiment of the 4th Army of the Air Force and Air Defense (military unit 46453) of the enemy.

As OBOZ.UA previously reported, Natalia Humeniuk, a representative of the OC "South", emphasized that the military airfield of the Russian invaders in Dzhankoy is a legitimate target for the Ukrainian Defense Forces.

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