Defence Intelligence of Ukraine’s Prymary Special Unit Strikes Russian Su-24 in Crimea

A Ukrainian strike drone hit a Russian Su-24 bomber at an airfield in the temporarily occupied Crimea.

The press service of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine released a video of the strike on the occupiers’ aircraft.

The attack was carried out by the soldiers of the Prymary special unit of the Defence Intelligence of Ukraine.

In addition to the aircraft, Ukrainian drones attacked a number of enemy radar stations on the peninsula.

The exact date and the airfield where the Su-24 bomber was hit are not being disclosed. Intelligence officers only note that these strikes were carried out over the past two weeks.

Overall, according to military intelligence, eight enemy targets were struck in Crimea.

“The specialists of the Prymary special unit of the Defence Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine continue their methodical demilitarization of the temporarily occupied peninsula,” the statement said.

Drones of the Prymary special unit struck the following targets:

• a Su-24 frontline bomber;
• an antenna in a radio-transparent dome;
• a 39N6 Kasta-2E2 radar station;
• an Orion UAV;
• two 48Ya6-K1 Podlyot radar stations;
• a freight train and a Ural truck belonging to Russian forces.

This is not the first time Ukrainian Defense Forces have destroyed a Su-24 on the Crimean peninsula.

The remains of such an aircraft, likely a Su-24MR version, appeared in a video recorded after the explosions at the airbase near Novofedorivka on August 9, 2022.

Previously, Ukrainian military intelligence released video footage of a drone strike on a Russian MiG-29 fighter at the Kacha airfield, also in occupied Crimea.

The soldiers of the Prymary special unit also struck a Russian Ka-27 helicopter on the peninsula.