Ukrainian drones from the SBU's Alpha special operations unit struck a Su-35 fighter jet, a Su-34 fighter-bomber, and an ammunition depot at the Khanskaya military airfield in Russia's Republic of Adygea.

Ukrainian drones struck two Russian fighter aircraft and an ammunition depot at the Khanskaya military airfield in Russia's Republic of Adygea, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) said on Oct. 4.

Drones operated by the SBU's Alpha special operations unit hit a Su-35 multirole fighter jet and a Su-34 fighter-bomber at the airfield, located around 500 kilometers (310 miles) from Ukrainian territory.

An ammunition depot on the airfield was also struck, according to the SBU.

Ukrainian strike drones targeted the Khanskaya military airfield near the city of Maykop in Russia’s North Caucasus Republic of Adygea early Sunday morning, Oct. 4, sparking a large fire across the facility.

Local residents reported that the drone assault began shortly after 1:00 a.m. local time and continued through the early morning hours, with regional monitoring channels reporting repeated drone passages and active air defense fire around Maykop.

Thermal anomalies at the airfield were independently corroborated by NASA’s Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS), which detected high-temperature fire signatures across the operational perimeter of the air base.

Drones attacked a military airfield in Adygea, causing a fire.

A night-time strike on the Russian military airfield ‘Khanska’ in the Republic of Adygea took place on the night of 4 October, with satellite images showing signs of damage on the airfield’s grounds.