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The Armed Forces of Ukraine were attacked by the airfield, where the first MiG-31K regiment with hypersonic missiles "Dagger" was deployed
Ukrainian drones attacked the Savasleyka air base in the Nizhny Novgorod region, eyewitnesses report. The fire on the territory of the database is confirmed by NASA satellites analyzed by the Agency. The first MiG-31K air regiment in Russia is located at this air base, equipped with Dagger hypersonic missiles, Izvestia wrote.
Details . Residents said that about 10 explosions were heard in the airfield area. In telegram channels and the local group on VKontakte, photos and videos of flying and exploding drones in the base area are published . Residents write that the entrances to the village of Savasleyka and the city of Kulebaki blurred nearby are blocked.
- Probably, the drones reached the territory of the base at night: NASA satellite at 3:30 recorded a fire near the runway. The fire was in the territory where the buildings built on the territory of the airfield are located.
- The governor of the Nizhny Novgorod region Gleb Nikitin announced the work of air defense and electronic warfare means to repel the UAV attack in the Kulebak municipal district (it also includes Savasleyka). According to him, no one was injured in the attack.
- The Russian Ministry of Defense reported the destruction of 118 drones per night, 11 of which were shot down over the Nizhny Novgorod region. Another 37 drones, according to the agency, were shot down over the Kursk and Voronezh regions, 17 - over the Belgorod region, nine over the Volgograd, three over the Bryanskaya, two over Oryol, one over Rostov. The ministry also reported four tactical missiles shot down over the Kursk region.
Context . Shortly before the start of the war, Izvestia reported that the first MiG-31K air regiment with the Kinage hypersonic missiles was placed at the Savasleyka airfield. According to Ukrainian air forces, the MiG-31K who heads for Ukraine regularly take off from this airfield.