AviVector, a Ukrainian OSINT community, has released satellite imagery of Marinovka airfield in Russia's Volgograd Oblast following a Ukrainian Neptune missile strike on 29 October. The images show two Russian Su-34 fighter-bombers destroyed in the attack.
Source: AviVector ; CyberBoroshno OSINT community
Details: The satellite image, taken on 30 October, shows the wreckage of the destroyed aircraft in parking areas near the hangars.
"The consequences of the Ukrainian Navy attack on the Marinovka airfield in Volgograd Oblast on 29 October. Two Su-34 fighter-bombers were destroyed," AviVector said in a comment on the image. The Su-34 jets destroyed at the Marinovka airfield Photo: AviVector
Analysts from CyberBoroshno also released images of the airfield in Russia's Volgograd Oblast. They said the destroyed fighter-bombers had been parked in their usual positions.
Quote from CyberBoroshno: "This confirms that the strike hit the aircraft's base locations rather than random points on the airfield." Satellite images of the airfield before and after the Neptune strike Photo: CyberBoroshno Satellite images of the airfield before and after the Neptune strike Photo: CyberBoroshno
Background: On 29 October, Ukraine's defence forces destroyed two Russian Su-34 jets in a missile strike. The Ukrainian Navy reported that the strike on the aircraft was carried out using Neptune-D missiles. The Su-34 is one of the main Russian tactical aircraft used to drop guided aerial bombs on Ukrainian cities, military positions and frontline areas. On 30 October, a Su-57 fifth-generation multirole fighter burned down at the Akhtubinsk airfield in Russia's Astrakhan Oblast.
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