UKRAINE: THE SITUATION 866 - JULY 27, 2024

07/28/2024 By Redaktion

The situation Conflicts War Russia

The Ukrainian Armed Forces are reported to have carried out successful drone attacks on an oil refinery and Russian military airfields in the regions of Saratov, Ryazan, and Murmansk during the night of July 26-27.

Ukrainian MoD reports that long-range UAV strikes were conducted against Russian strategic nuclear bomber bases in Ryazan (Dyagilevo Airbase), Murmansk (Olenya Airbase), and Saratov (Engels Airbase).

They report that a least one Tu-22M3 bomber was hit at Olenya. #OSINT… pic.twitter.com/ufaJLKrL6k
— OSINT (Uri Kikaski) 🇺🇸 🇨🇦 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇮🇱 (@UKikaski) July 27, 2024

Sources from the Ukrainian Special Services informed Ukrainian media that the Ukrainian military Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR) used drones to attack Russian military airfields in Engels (Saratov region), the Dyaghilev airfield and an oil refinery in the Ryazan region, as well as the Olenya airfield in the Murmansk region. Suspilne's sources report that the Russian armed forces have an unknown number of Tu-95, Tu-22, Tu-134, and Il-78 (tanker aircraft) stationed at the Dyaghilev airfield and that the GUR drones damaged a strategic bomber TU-22M3 at the Olenya airfield.