• 02/06/2025

Drones strike Russian air base used for Shahed UAV attacks on Ukraine

Pravda Ukraine

Drones have attacked an air base in the city of Primorsko-Akhtarsk in Russia’s Krasnodar Krai on the night of 5-6 February, from where the Russians have launched Shahed kamikaze drones to strike Ukrainian cities.

Source: Andrii Kovalenko, Head of the Center for Countering Disinformation at Ukraine’s National Security and Defence Council; ASTRA Telegram channel

Quote from Kovalenko: “One of the warehouses storing Shaheds is located near the Primorsko-Akhtarsk air base, where the strike occurred.”

Details: Videos published by eyewitnesses show intense fire and smoke at the air base.

Background: The Security Service of Ukraine and Ukraine’s defence forces struck an oil refinery in Russia’s Krasnodar Krai and a Russian Buk air defence system in the temporarily occupied part of Zaporizhzhia Oblast on the night of 4-5 February.

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