Ukraine said Friday that it had destroyed at least six Russian military planes at a Russian airbase. Kyiv launched one of its largest overnight attacks in weeks, firing more than 50 drones at Russian territory. A security source in Kyiv said an attack on the Morozovsk air base in Russia’s southern Rostov region had destroyed at least six Russian planes. Russia said 44 of the 53 drones Kyiv fired overnight targeted the Rostov region.
On the frontlines in the east, Russian forces are advancing towards the Ukrainian town of Chasiv Yar in the eastern Donetsk region. Head of the Chasiv Yar military administration Sergiy Chaus described the town as under constant fire. Chasiv Yar sits a few kilometers west of Bakhmut, which was captured by Russian forces last May. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said his forces had halted Russian advances despite a shortage of supplies.
With its troops on the defensive, Kyiv has stepped up its aerial attacks on Russian territory. Other Ukrainian drone attacks targeted the Belgorod, Kursk, Saratov, and Krasnodar border regions. Ukraine’s air force said Russia launched five missiles and 13 drones at its territory overnight. On Tuesday, Ukrainian drones hit the central Tatarstan region in one of the deepest Ukrainian attacks of the two-year war.
