The moment Iskander missiles ‘attacked Ukrainian MiG-29 fighters’

The_Wrong_Side account on Telegram, which specializes in posting documents about Russia’s attacks in Ukraine, today published a video from an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), recording the attack of the Iskander-M tactical ballistic missile aimed at Aviatorskoe Air Base at Dnipro International Airport, central Ukraine.

In the video, a Russian reconnaissance UAV monitors the parking lot, detecting a target believed to be a Ukrainian MiG-29 light fighter lying under a camouflage tarpaulin near the beginning of the runway east of the airport. The Iskander-M ballistic missile then swoops down, activating its airborne warhead to cause maximum damage. A large halo of fire covered the camouflage tarpaulin area, and a large amount of flying debris also covered the surrounding parking lot.

News page RusVesna Russia said that the attack completely destroyed the MiG-29 fighter and killed 15 Ukrainian soldiers and technicians.

Serhiy Lysak, head of the military agency of Dnipro province, said that Russian forces attacked the locality and “damaged infrastructure”, but did not give details. Images posted on Ukrainian social networks earlier showed a large column of smoke rising near the city of Dnipro, capital of the province of the same name.

The Russian and Ukrainian Defense Ministries have not commented on the information.

Aviatorskoe Air Base, located nearly 100 km from the front line, suffered attacks by Iskander-M ballistic missiles three times in April and August, causing at least 5 MiG-29 fighters to be completely destroyed. full.

Oleksandr Kovalenko, a Ukrainian military analyst, pointed out that in recent months the Russian army has rarely conducted large-scale coordinated attacks, but frequently conducts single raids with Kh-59/69 cruise missiles and missiles. Iskander-M tactical ballistic missile aimed at high-value enemy targets.

Ukrainian officials have admitted that defense facilities are among the targets of Russian missile and UAV attacks, but often do not give details when mentioning them.