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Ukrainian forces destroyed a Russian Il-76 heavy transport aircraft and an experimental A-60 airborne laser platform at the Taganrog Aircraft Repair Plant in Rostov Oblast.

Taganrog, Rostov Oblast
Likely Reported by 2 independent sources
Kyiv Independent Institute for the Study of War

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Ukrainian forces destroyed a Russian Il-76 heavy transport aircraft as well as an experimental A-60 airborne laser platform

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: likely

The A-60, stationed at the Taganrog Aircraft Repair Plant in southwestern Russia, had likely been hit

Ukrainian forces struck the Beriev Aircraft Repair Plant in Taganrog, Rostov Oblast.

Ukrainian General Staff struck Beriev Aircraft Repair Plant in Taganrog.

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Extracted: 2026-02-20T04:42:18.563Z

Source story: ukraine-reportedly-destroys-2-russian-aircraft-including-rare-a-60