Ukrainian Unmanned Systems forces hit a facility used for storing and launching Shahed kamikaze drones and maintaining aircraft operating in occupied territories.
Russian strategic aviation faces severe logistics challenges as fire consumes massive fuel reserves at Engels air base, with emergency services lacking resources to extinguish the blaze.
Russia constructs reinforced concrete aircraft shelters at Crimea's Belbek airfield and other bases in response to Ukraine's expanding strike capabilities.
Russian authorities reported intercepting dozens of drones, citing minor damage to homes and vehicles. Videos captured explosions, fueling reports that drones may have struck the airfield.
Satellite imagery has uncovered an airfield under construction in Russia's Belgorod Oblast that analysts believe could support attack aircraft and helicopters for Moscow's Ukraine operations.
Ukraine's ATACMS missile attack on Russia's airfield in northern Crimea on 17 April reportedly destroyed multiple air defense assets, potentially enabling future air attacks on the occupied peninsula from the north.