Ukraine hits Russian Su-24, drone sites and military depots in occupied territories
Illustrative photo: Su-24 (facebook.com/aviacionmilitar.am)
Ukraine’s Defense Forces have struck a number of Russian military targets in occupied territories. The targets included a Su-24 aircraft, a site used to launch attack drones, drone command posts, and military depots, according to Ukraine’s General Staff.
Su-24 hit at airfield
On September 15 and overnight into September 16, Ukrainian units struck several important Russian military targets. One of them was located at a Russian airbase in Saky in temporarily occupied Crimea, where a Su-24 aircraft was hit.
Su-24 aircraft, attack UAV launch site and other enemy targets hit
— Генеральний штаб ЗСУ (@GeneralStaffUA) September 16, 2026
On 15th September and during the night of 16th September 2026, units of the Defence Forces of Ukraine struck a number of important military targets of the russian aggressor.
At the Saky airfield in… pic.twitter.com/HVTtWTKONF
The General Staff said the extent of the damage to the Russian aircraft is still being assessed.
Strike on drone facilities
In the Donetsk area, Ukrainian forces struck a facility used to store, prepare and launch the Russian military’s attack drones.
In addition, Ukrainian forces hit Russian drone command posts in Staromlynivka and Pokrovsk in the Donetsk region, as well as in Pokrovske in the Zaporizhzhia region.
Depots and fuel storage bases hit
In Dovzhansk, Luhansk region, Ukrainian forces hit a Russian ammunition depot.
Two other targets were linked to fuel supplies. Fuel and lubricant storage bases were hit in Rovenky in the Luhansk region and Berdiansk in the Zaporizhzhia region.
Separately, Ukrainian forces struck Grenadier electronic intelligence equipment posts in Suvorove and Rysove in temporarily occupied Crimea.
Thus, the strikes targeted Russian aircraft, facilities for storing and launching drones, command posts, ammunition, fuel and intelligence equipment.
Earlier, the first results of Operation Vivaldi to liberate parts of the Donetsk region became known. Ukrainian forces eliminated Russian troops who had been hiding and established a bridgehead for further advances.
