💥 Attack

Ukrainian SBS and HUR drones struck Kirovske airfield in Crimea, destroying four Orion reconnaissance UAVs, two P-37 Sword air defense radars, the Orions' control station, and an AN-72P transport aircraft.

Krasnosilske, Crimea
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Stefan Korshak (Substack) Institute for the Study of War Ukrinform Kyiv Independent Kyiv Post

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Stefan Korshak (Substack) → Source tone: certain

SBS and HUR struck Kirovske airfield destroying Russian reconnaissance drones, air defense radars, control station and transport aircraft

Ukrainian forces struck Russian military assets near Krasnosilske in Crimea

Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

Explosions were heard overnight on April 2 in the temporarily occupied Crimea. Part of the peninsula, as well as the occupied Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions, were left without power.

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Ukrainian forces struck multiple Russian military targets at the Kirovske airfield in occupied Crimea overnight on April 2, destroying a Russian An-72P patrol aircraft and a site used to prepare Orion strike and reconnaissance drones.

Kyiv Post → Source tone: likely

Ukrainian forces targeted Russian fuel convoys in occupied Luhansk and destroyed high-value 'Inokhodets' attack drones at a Crimean airfield, the General Staff reports.

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Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:15:30.891Z

Source story: day-1499b-2026-04-07