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Fuel depot destroyed at Khanskaya airfield in Russia

Fuel depot destroyed at Khanskaya airfield in Russia Illustrative image
Author: Liliana Oleniak

A fuel depot was destroyed at the Khanskaya airfield in Russia's Adygea. The military facility is 410 kilometers from Ukraine, according to Andrii Kovalenko, head of the Center for Countering Disinformation.

“A fuel and lubricant depot was destroyed 410 kilometers from the contact line near Maikop,” he says.

Strike on Khanskaya airfield

On the night of October 10, drones attacked the Khanskaya military airfield in Russia, near the village of Khanskaya near Maikop.

A fire broke out near the airfield. The Russian Defense Ministry said that 92 Ukrainian airplane-type UAVs were allegedly destroyed and intercepted overnight. At the same time, the Ministry did not report an attack on Adygea, where the military airfield was on fire.

In turn, the head of Adygea confirmed the attack and subsequent fire in the suburbs of Maikop”. It announced the evacuation of residents of Rodnikovy, which is adjacent to the Khanskaya military airfield.