Russia says it destroys five Ukraine’s SU-27 jet fighters at Myrhorod airfield

Above, a Sukhoi Su-27 fighter jet preps for a flight at the Myrhorod airfield in Ukraine’s Poltava region on Feb. 11, 2022. (Ministry of Defense Ukraine/AFP)
Short Url
  • Russia is targeting Ukrainian airfields just as Kyiv prepares to receive the first US-designed F-16s which Moscow has vowed to destroy

MOSCOW: Russia’s defense ministry said on Tuesday that it had destroyed five Ukrainian SU-27 fighter jets and damaged two more at the Myrhorod airfield in Ukraine’s Poltava region with Iskander-M missiles.
The ministry published footage of the attack which showed smoke and flames rising from an airfield.
“As a result of the Russian strike, five active SU-27 multi-purpose fighters were destroyed and two were damaged,” the ministry said.
Russia is targeting Ukrainian airfields just as Kyiv prepares to receive the first US-designed F-16s which Moscow has vowed to destroy.