The Russian military conduct a partial movement of aircraft from advanced basing airfields in Crimea. Migrating is carried out to spare airfields and permanent airfield airfields on the territory of the Russian Federation or in the depths of the peninsula, according to Telegram on August 17, the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.
“such activity was noted after a series of explosions at the military infrastructure facilities of the temporarily occupied Peninsula of Crimea, including on the territory of Saki airfields (August 9) and the Guards (August 16). At least 24 aircraft and 14 helicopters were noted,” – quotes quotes Edition Gordon Message of Ukrainian Intelligence.
The intelligence of Ukraine claims that on August 17 a flight from the Guards Airfield of three Ka-27 helicopters to Khersones (Crimea), three Ka-27 helicopters in Sevastopol (Crimea) and eight helicopters in Krasnodar (RF) was recorded. On the same day, three Su-35C aircraft and three Su-34 aircraft in Primorsko-Akhtarsk (RF), five SU-27/30 cm aircraft in Krymsk (RF) were moved from the Belbek airfield (Crimea). MiG-31) in Gelendzhik (RF) and two aircraft (probably MiG-31) in Kushchevskaya (Russian Federation).