Ukraine says it hit Russian hangars in Crimea holding Su-30 jets worth up to $50 million each

Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) says it struck hangars containing Russian Su-30 fighter jets in occupied Crimea. According to the service, five drone hits on hangars storing aviation equipment at the Saky military airfield. 

Each Su-30 or Su-30SM fighter jet is valued at $30–50 million, depending on configuration. 

Claimed strike

The SBU said five of its drones struck hangars at Saky where aviation equipment was stored, with preliminary information indicating that two of the hangars contained a Su-30 and a Su-30SM at the time of the strike.

After the attack, a fire was recorded in the hangar housing the Su-30SM, which the SBU characterized as evidence of successful engagement of the target.

"The SBU systematically destroys the military potential of Russian occupiers both at the front and in the enemy rear. No hangars or storehouses will help, as the SBU will reach the enemy everywhere," the SBU said in its statement.

40-day operation: Zelenskyy's Crimea pressure campaign

The Saky strike is the latest in a documented Ukrainian campaign against Russian assets in occupied Crimea running through late June.

The campaign has focused on Crimean infrastructure across sectors: on 28 June, drones set the Sakska thermal power plant on fire near Saky, and on 29 June, Ukrainian Defense Forces drones struck an S-300/S-400 position near Kerch and a 220/35 kV substation in central Crimea.

Ukraine's Navy has framed the sequence as a multi-year, multi-stage operation to isolate the peninsula. 

Saky's role and Ukraine's Su-30SM strike history

Saky has been a recurrent Ukrainian target since the August 2022 Crimea explosions. Russia has stationed Naval Aviation assets at Saky, used by naval attack aviation regiments.

Ukrainian forces have publicly claimed multiple Su-30SM destructions over the course of the war, including a Ukrainian HUR (Defense Intelligence) claim of a Saky-based Su-30SM destroyed over the Black Sea using man-portable air-defense systems.