Catastrophic was the raid with drones that the Ukrainian military forces fired at Crimeaaimed at the Russian Air Force Base Saki, and the major air forces in the area.
The Ukrainian Internal Security Service (SBU) announced today (04.08.2025) that a fighter aircraft was completely destroyed by the drones raid on Saki Air Force Base, while causing four other military aircraft.
In particular, the Ukrainian drones hit three regular SU-24 bombers and caused damage to a SU-30sm fighter aircraft.
However, a Russian SU-30sm-type fighter aircraft did not escape the Ukrainian unmanned aircraft, which made it “ashes” and “completely destroyed”, as SBU typically said.
For this reason, the Ukrainian service stresses that ‘Air attack was successful as a only Russian -type fighter SU-30sm costs about 35 to $ 50 million“, Which weakens the power of the Russian Navy, while at the same time causing a serious financial blow to Moscow.
In addition, the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces confirmed that it made yesterday, Sunday (03.08.2025) Attack with unmanned aircraft in a fuel warehouse at Sochi Airport in southern Russia.
Russian local authorities had accused Ukraine and had stated that two fuel tanks had caught fire, but no comment was made by Kiev. The staff said through the Telegram that warplanes were parked at the airport.