💥 Attack

Ukrainian forces struck long-range radar systems, air defense systems, and a MiG-31 interceptor aircraft at the Belbek Airbase overnight on December 17 to 18.

December 18, 2025 Sevastopol, Crimea

Likely Reported by 3 independent sources

Institute for the Study of War Kyiv Independent Censor.NET

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Entities

MiG-31 interceptor aircraft (weapon_system) Belbek Airbase (location) Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) (organization) Alpha unit of the SBU Special Operations Center (military_unit) Nebo-SVU long-range radar system (weapon_system) 92N6 radar (weapon_system) S-400 Triumf (weapon_system) Pantsir-S2 air defense system (weapon_system) MiG-31 fighter jet (weapon_system) Security Service of Ukraine (organization) Nebo-SVU (weapon_system) S-400 Triumph system (weapon_system) Pantsir-S2 (weapon_system) MiG-31 (weapon_system) Belbek airfield (location) Crimea (location) SBU (organization) S-400 (weapon_system) SSU (military_unit) Nebo-SVU radar (weapon_system) S-400 Triumph (weapon_system) MiG-31 aircraft (weapon_system) Special Operations Centre 'A' (military_unit) S-400 'Triumph' (weapon_system) 55Zh6 Nebo-U radar station (weapon_system) Ukrainian Defence Forces (organization)

Source Reports

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Institute for the Study of War → Source tone: certain

Ukrainian forces struck radar systems, air defense systems, and MiG-31 at Belbek

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

The overnight attack targeted the Belbek airbase near Sevastopol and was carried out by long-range drones operated by the Alpha unit of the SBU Special Operations Center

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

The operation was a direct hit on the enemy's air defense capabilities

Censor.NET → Source tone: certain

On 18 December, Service's drones struck Russian equipment worth hundreds of millions of dollars at this airfield

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Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:15:38.867Z

Source story: russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-december-20-2025