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Scottish Sun
14-06-2025
- Scottish Sun
Watch moment Russian fighter jet crashes after WING fell off during air raid mission on Ukraine
The pilot survived the crash with a broken arm CRASH & BURN Watch moment Russian fighter jet crashes after WING fell off during air raid mission on Ukraine THIS is the dramatic moment a wing falls off a £15 million Russian warplane during a frontline mission over Ukraine's Donetsk region. The pilot miraculously cheated death by ejecting before the Su-25 aircraft came tumbling to the ground. Advertisement 3 A attack aircraft begins to spin uncontrollably over Soledar Credit: East2West 3 White smoke and flames are seen as the warplane falls to the ground Credit: East2West 3 Pictured are the fighter pilot and parachute (circled), the aircraft in flames, the aircraft's right wing tumbling to the ground (right) Credit: East2West In the shocking video, the doomed warplane is seen spinning as it falls out of the sky above the Ukrainian city of Soledar. The Russian aircraft's right wing is seen detached from the warplane, which bursts into flames and crashes into a field. A fighter pilot is also visible, held up by a parachute. It was initially assumed the Su-25 had been shot down. Advertisement Ukrainian media claimed the aircraft may have been downed by 'friendly fire' - an unguided missile from its partner plane. Others suggested the cause may have been heat trap flares and possible missiles from the Su-25. But given that there appears to be no giant explosion, which would be expected in the instance of a direct missile hit, experts on both sides now have a different theory. Russia's Su-25 fleet is outdated - averaging over 40 years old - and have experienced multiple technical failures in the past, as reported by the Kyiv Post. Advertisement The pilot was reportedly rescued by Russian forces on the ground while under fire from Ukrainian drones. An Mi-8 helicopter arrived at the crash site and evacuated him. Night of hell for Ukraine as Putin launches 315 drones in one of biggest strikes of war sparking huge inferno in Kyiv Russian Telegram channel Fighterbomber cited 'destruction of the wing' as the cause of the crash. "The pilot is in the hospital with a broken arm," the channel wrote. Advertisement It added: 'A commission will investigate what went wrong and determine who is to blame.' Ukraine has not released an official statement about this incident. The visible 'missiles' may be unignited heat trap flares designed to distract heat-seeking missiles away from the aircraft's engines, according to some sources. Ukraine's Militarniy media outlet ruled out the possibilities of friendly fire and an exploding missile. Advertisement The channel said: 'The third possible reason is a defect in the aircraft's power structure that arose due to prolonged intensive use of the aircraft in combat operations or a manufacturing defect. 'This hypothesis is supported by the fact that the wing broke off at the moment of the turn, when it is subjected to the greatest loads. 'Another indirect confirmation may be that the operation of Russian attack aircraft, whose average age reaches 40 years, is associated with a significant number of emergency situations.' Ukrainian war analyst Yury Butusov backed this theory, saying: 'At first it seems that it was shot down by its own pilot, the pilot of another aircraft. Advertisement 'However, when viewed in slow motion, one can conclude that the Su-25's wing failed due to excessive overload and exhaustion of the attack aircraft's resources.' The Su-25 is a Soviet, twin-engine, single-seat aircraft developed by Sukhoi in the late 1970s.
Yahoo
11-06-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Gunpowder plant in Russia's Tambov Oblast attacked by drones
Ukrainian drones have attacked the Tambov Gunpowder Plant in the city of Kotovsk in Russia's Tambov Oblast on the night of 10-11 June, with locals reporting multiple explosions. Source: Russian Telegram channels Details: Residents of Kotovsk reported hearing at least 15 explosions in the sky as air-raid sirens blared throughout the city. On the morning of 11 June, Yevgeny Pervyshov, acting Governor of Tambov Oblast, confirmed that Kotovsk had been targeted by UAVs. Pervyshov claimed that "a fire had broken out after one of the downed drones crashed", but it was extinguished by firefighters. No casualties were reported. Russia's Defence Ministry asserted that its air defence units had intercepted 32 Ukrainian drones overnight, including five over Tambov Oblast. For reference: The Tambov Gunpowder Plant is one of the largest Russian facilities specialising in the production of ammunition and gunpowder for small arms, artillery, grenade launchers, mortars and tank shells. It also produces components for explosives, including nitrocellulose and colloxylin. The plant has been under sanctions since March 2023. Background: The facility has been targeted by Ukrainian drones before – in January 2025, July 2024 and November 2023. Support Ukrainska Pravda on Patreon!
Yahoo
21-03-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Russian Bomber Base Suffered Major Damage To Munitions Area In Ukrainian Drone Attack
Satellite imagery obtained by The War Zone confirms that ammunition and weapons storage bunkers at Russia's Engels Air Base were destroyed in a Ukrainian drone attack on Thursday. The attack resulted in a massive fireball and mushroom cloud. You can read our initial story about it here. A high-resolution image, taken today by Maxar Technologies, shows most of the damage occurred at storage areas about a mile east of the runway. At least a dozen storage facilities and other nearby buildings were destroyed in the attack. It also created several large craters. The severe damage was caused by massive secondary explosions when the drones detonated explosive ordnance stored there. Targeting munitions storage areas for their secondary effects is a common tactic used by both sides when employing standoff weaponry. You can see the same area in an image taken before the attack below. There were claims on Russian Telegram channels that a Tu-95MS Bear-H bomber may have been damaged by shrapnel, but there is no indication in the satellite images of major damage to aviation assets at the base. Still, shrapnel damage without secondary effects would not show up in this resolution of imagery, so it is possible. The full image taken by Maxar shows the distance from the area that was attacked and the main apron. According to Ukrainian accounts, there were three Tu-95MS Bear-H and two Tu-160 Blackjack strategic bombers at Engels when the drones struck. An Il-76 Candid airlifter had also recently arrived. At least two pilots of a Bear bomber were killed in the attack, according to Russian Telegram channels. There was no indication whether they were in the bomber at the time. The War Zone cannot independently confirm that claim. According to the ruSSian sources a crew of the Tu-95SM were killed in yesterday's attack on the Engels-2 air base. — 𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝕯𝔢𝔞𝔡 𝕯𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔯𝔦𝔠𝔱△ (@TheDeadDistrict) March 21, 2025 'A warehouse of aviation ammunition at a military airfield was hit, and a fire started at the facility,' the Astra news outlet reported on Friday. 'Several hours later, ammunition began to detonate there – at least three explosions occurred.' Video and images emerging on social media after the attack showed a massive explosion and a dark cloud rising over the city. Russia's Engels-2 airbase, having a rough morning. — Jay in Kyiv (@ 2025-03-20T06:10:39.866Z Russia: Ukraine struck the Engels Military Air Base in Saratov region. — Igor Sushko (@ 2025-03-20T04:09:14.037Z /1. Tonight drones targeted Russian military airfield in Engels, Saratov region of Russia. A strong explosion was reported. — Special Kherson Cat (@ 2025-03-20T07:19:10.749Z There was also video showing the tremendous shockwave that damaged nearby buildings. There is a village located about a tenth of a mile east of the damaged ammunition bunkers, which is likely where the video below was filmed. Near the Engels air base. — 𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝕯𝔢𝔞𝔡 𝕯𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔯𝔦𝔠𝔱△ (@TheDeadDistrict) March 20, 2025 At least three servicemen were injured in the attack, Astra stated. At least five civilians were injured by the resulting fire. In addition, the windows in the Engels City Clinical Hospital No. 1 were blown out by falling debris. 'A total of 120 people were evacuated from the danger zone,' Astra explained. At least '180 private houses were damaged during the attack. The authorities introduced a state of emergency at the municipal level.' The attack involved more than 50 drones, according to Astra. The strikes were carried out by Ukrainian-made long-range one-way attack drones, with at least one video seemingly indicating the use of the twin-boom Lyutyy or the visually similar PD-2. Both these types have been used to attack targets deep inside Russia on multiple occasions. Engels – a major military airfield. Clearly air defence was not good enough.A mix of improved Ukraine weaponry, overwhelming air defence and/or previously taking out radars to strip the base of during the attack, drones were filmed flying smoothly overhead. — Tim White (@TWMCLtd) March 20, 2025 The base, 300 miles from the Ukrainian border, is home to the 22nd Heavy Bomber Aviation Division, which operates one squadron of Tu-95MS Bear-H bombers, another squadron of supersonic Tu-22M3 Backfire-C bombers and is the primary base for the Tu-160 Blackjack bombers. The latter aircraft have been widely employed in the conflict in Ukraine and especially in the standoff strikes that have targeted Ukraine's energy infrastructure, among other objectives, civilian and military, across the country. Engels has been a frequent target for Ukraine. It was attacked three times in the month of December 2022 alone. On at least one of those occasions, the Russian Ministry of Defense said the air base was attacked by Soviet-made jet-powered unmanned aerial vehicles modified by Ukraine to carry explosives. Those attacks — which also targeted Dyagilevo Air Base — resulted in damage to at least one Tu-22M3 Backfire-C bomber and apparently also to a Tu-95MS. More recently, in January of this year, we reported on a huge fire close to Engels Air Base, caused by what Russian officials described as a 'massive' Ukrainian drone attack. The strike was on the strategically important fuel storage tank farm for Engels and the fire raged for several days after, as seen in the image in the embedded tweet below: Russia's Rosreserv fuel depot in Engels continued to burn today after a Ukrainian drone attack last night, with multiple additional storage tanks igniting throughout the day. Within the last hour, the regional governor of Saratov declared a state of emergency. — OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) January 8, 2025 The latest attack came as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky agreed to a tentative agreement in principle with Russia calling for a mutual pause on power infrastructure attacks. However, there was no timetable for implementation and both sides continue to launch strikes against each other. Contact the author: howard@
Yahoo
21-03-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Explosion at burning oil depot in Russia's Krasnodar Krai engulfs another tank
An explosion occurred at an oil depot in Russia's Krasnodar Krai on the night of 20-21 March, which continues to burn following a drone attack on 19 March. Two people have been injured, the road to the city of Krasnodar has been closed and residents of the area have been advised not to go outside. Source: Krasnodar Krai Operations Centre, a Russian authority; Kremlin-aligned Russian news agency TASS; Russian Telegram channels Quote from operations centre: "While extinguishing the fire at the oil depot, an explosion of petroleum products and a release of burning oil occurred due to a burning tank rupture in the Kavkazsky district. Three fire appliances were damaged and two firefighters were injured as a result." Details: It was reported that the fire had spread to another tank. "Thus, two tanks are burning now, along with isolation valves, petroleum products in a containment area around the tanks and the portion of burning petroleum products ejected beyond the tanks by the explosion. The total fire area has increased to 10,000 sq m," the operations centre reported. It was noted that 456 firefighters and 181 fire appliances were involved in extinguishing the fire. The road towards Krasnodar has been closed. Authorities have advised residents of the Kavkazsky district, where the oil depot is burning, to stay indoors and keep their windows closed. Background: On 19 March, drones attacked the Naftatrans' oil depot in the village of Kavkazskaya. At the time, the oil depot contained 100,000 tonnes of petroleum products – five tanks of 20,000 cubic metres each. According to the Astra Telegram channel, a pipeline between two tanks at the oil depot was damaged in the attack by five drones. One of the tanks caught fire several hours after the attack. This oil depot is connected to a railway oil terminal and a connecting pipeline leading to NPS-6 Kropotkin, which is part of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium system. Oil is transported to Novorossiysk from there. Thirteen kilometres from this oil depot is the Kropotkinskaya oil pumping station, which was put out of operation by a drone attack on 17 February. Support Ukrainska Pravda on Patreon!
Yahoo
20-03-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Drones attack military air base in Russia's Engels: fire breaks out
A fire has broken out at a military air base in the city of Engels in Russia's Saratov Oblast following a drone attack. Source: Saratov Oblast Governor Roman Busargin; Russian Telegram channels Details: The Astra Telegram channel stated early in the morning that a lot of smoke could be seen in one of the town's districts following the UAV strike. The area in question is located near the Engels-2 military air base. Column of smoke Photo: Astra Telegram channel Local Telegram channels also wrote that the authorities had begun evacuating houses located near the air base. Later, Busargin confirmed this information. Column of smoke Photo: Astra Telegram channel "For safety reasons, due to the fire at the air base, an evacuation is being conducted for those living in areas adjacent to the facility, such as the allotment association communities. All operational services are at the scene," he reported. He stated that the UAV attack had damaged around 30 houses and summer residences in numerous allotment association communities. For reference: The Engels-2 military air base is home to Tu-95MS and Tu-160 aircraft of Russia's 22nd Guards Heavy Bomber Aviation Division. Background: Earlier, Russian Telegram channels reported a drone attack on an oil refinery in the city of Engels in Russia's Saratov Oblast on the night of 19-20 March. Later, the Russian Defence Ministry claimed that air defence forces had downed 132 Ukrainian drones over various Russian oblasts and temporarily occupied Crimea. Support Ukrainska Pravda on Patreon!
