Ukrainian forces conducted a precision strike on the Belbek military airfield in temporarily occupied Crimea, causing multiple large fires detected by NASA's FIRMS satellite system.

Satellite imagery shows traces of a massive fire at the Belbek airfield in temporarily occupied Crimea following a Ukrainian precision strike believed to have involved multiple missiles

NASA's FIRMS orbital fire monitoring system detected multiple large fires encompassing the southern part of the airfield over a two-hour period

Satellite imagery from May 16 suggested two MiG-31s and one Su-27 were destroyed at Belbek airfield

Powerful explosions hit the main base of Russian military aviation in Crimea in the early hours of Wednesday and set fires burning for hours, in long-range strikes the Kremlin said were American ATACMS missiles fired by Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) gunners.

Ukrainian military launched 10 ATACMS missiles at Belbek base in mid-May, destroying a radar and two launchers of S-400 air defense battery

Ukrainian defense forces attacked the Belbek airfield on the night of May 15-16, causing a fire.

Russian Telegram channels claim rockets hit a fuel depot at the airfield.