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.
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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
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.
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.
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