Ukrainian drones hit Russian Su-24 bomber on tarmac of occupied Crimean airfield. Other strikes targeted radars and a train (VIDEO)

Ukrainian military intelligence struck a Russian Su-24 bomber in occupied Crimea in a drone operation that also targeted radar systems, a costly drone, and a military train, according to the Main Directorate of Intelligence (HUR). The attacks were carried out by HUR's elite special unit Prymary over the past two weeks.

Ukrainian drone strikes hit Su-24 bomber, radars, and supply train in Crimea

Ukrainian Defense Ministry’s Main Directorate of Intelligence (HUR) confirmed on 5 December that its special forces unit Prymary conducted eight strikes on Russian military infrastructure in occupied Crimea in the past two weeks. The video released by HUR showed the drone attacks on a Su-24 front-line bomber, multiple radar systems, a Russian Orion drone— a reconnaissance UAV with an 8-meter wingspan, a military truck, and a logistics train.

The date and exact locations of the strikes were not disclosed. According to HUR, the strikes were carried out systematically over the last two weeks as part of a continued effort to dismantle Russian military capabilities on the peninsula.

Among the other confirmed targets were a radar antenna in a radiotransparent dome, a 39N6 Kasta-2E2 radar system, two 48Ya6-K1 Podlyot radar stations, and a Russian Ural military truck. The strikes also destroyed a Russian cargo train, further disrupting enemy logistics.

Militarnyi noted that this was not the first time Ukrainian forces destroyed a Su-24 on the occupied peninsula. Footage from 9 August 2022 showed wreckage believed to be a Su-24MR variant following explosions at an airbase near Novofedorivka.

Previous strikes on MiG-29 and Ka-27 helicopter

The HUR report came just a day after the agency released footage of a drone destroying a Russian MiG-29 fighter at the Kacha airfield near Sevastopol in Crimea. Prymary previously destroyed a Russian Ka-27 multipurpose shipborne helicopter and several radar systems in Crimea.