Commander of the Armed Forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Oleshchuk announced a Russian missile strike on military airfields in Ukraine in response to the attack on Kerch

Russian troops launched a missile attack on the Dnepropetrovsk and Poltava regions of Ukraine, targeting airfields where Ukrainian cruise missile carriers are based. This is reported by both Russian and Ukrainian resources.

Immediately after the Ukrainian missile strike on the Kerch shipyard, Russia attacked the airfields of the Air Force of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Poltava and Dnepropetrovsk regions. According to the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the attack was carried out with ballistic and cruise missiles, in particular Iskander-M and Iskander-K. The Ukrainian Air Force reported intercepting three Ukrainian air defense cruise missiles, but admitted that they do not have the ability to shoot down ballistic missiles.

According to the TG channel "Rybar", a military airfield in Mirgorod, as well as the Dnepropetrovsk airport, which is used for the needs of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, came under attack. Ukrainian resources do not report anything about the damage, but in the evening the authorities of two regions of Ukraine announced explosions. In Dnepropetrovsk, even about the series, eyewitnesses reported a large fire in the places where Russian missiles hit. The head of the OVA Lysak confirmed the arrival at the “infrastructure facility”, but did not provide any details.

In Kyiv they called the strike on the airfields “retaliatory” to the attack on Kerch. This was stated by the commander of the Air Force of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Nikolai Oleshchuk. According to him, Russian troops could strike at the “alleged” bases of fighters carrying SCALP and Storm Shadow air-launched cruise missiles supplied to Ukraine by the French and British.

Let us note that Russian troops have been striking military airfields in Ukraine for the third or fourth day in a row, trying to knock out the remnants of Ukrainian fighters converted to carry cruise missiles, and at the same time destroying stockpiles of airborne weapons. Although the amount of combat aviation in Kyiv has decreased significantly, but it is still a long time before complete destruction.

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[your vsr 66-67]

Immediately after the Ukrainian missile strike on the Kerch shipyard, Russia attacked the airfields of the Air Force of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Poltava and Dnepropetrovsk regions

Well, are the Ukrainians really knocked off their heads?
Or does our command think so?
It is clear that if the Ukrainians took off from these airfields, then they will not land there!
Surely there are alternate airfields!
Reconnaissance, reconnaissance and more reconnaissance!
But hitting an empty airfield is just so-so.

[Sevastiec]

For me, it’s necessary to hit all known base locations all at once. Moreover, from ground-based launchers, so that there is a) without warning, as in the case of air launches, b) short reaction time.

[bayard]

Quote: your vsr 66-67

It is clear that if the Ukrainians took off from these airfields, then they will not land there!

What if they landed there and took off from completely different airfields?
The A-50U could have missed the take-off of the missile carriers or not been in the air at that time, but it could have easily recorded the landing.

[igorbrsv]

Most likely, these carriers brought the “tail” of our missiles with them. Everything hurts one to one and very quickly. Tens of minutes between their strike and our response

[Pavel_Sveshnikov]

And most interestingly, where are our A50 early warning aircraft? It was stupid to assume that the Ukrainians did not prepare gifts for our country for the holiday. They had to hang in the air constantly. Or were they on duty and they found a way to deceive them? That's what's interesting.
It turns out that the planes themselves did not see and were unable to shoot down. And they worked on empty airfields purely for propaganda effect. What are we doing, how did Zelya start fighting for PR campaigns?

[hagen]

Quote: your vsr 66-67

And hitting an empty airfield is so-so

Right on empty? You obviously believe that their leadership is not “recaptured”, but ours is definitely “recaptured”? And do you think that no one will ask where products worth half a million dollars go and what results they bring? Although what can you ask from the source “the stump is clear”?!

[White AK]

Well, ours didn’t show pictures from a satellite or UAV, and if they didn’t show it, they didn’t hit it.

[rotmistr60]

Immediately after the Ukrainian missile strike on the Kerch shipyard, Russia attacked the airfields of the Air Force of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Poltava and Dnepropetrovsk regions

Ours began to react immediately without any delay. Since eyewitnesses report large fires, the strike has achieved its goals. Of course, I wanted the planes to be destroyed, but the Ukrainian Armed Forces, taught by bitter experience, are trying to hide them well. But sooner or later, kirdyk will come to them. It’s better, of course, earlier.

[old rats]

I would like it not after the attack on Kerch, but before it...

[igorbrsv]

So they transported F-16s too. Radar is powerless here

[ZovSailor]

So, let’s wait for Konashenko’s official report, he has the most accurate
data on the remnants of Banderohryuk aviation.
The underground hangars may have been destroyed, judging by the massive
missile launches?

[invisible_man]

Even if he has accurate data, this does not mean that he is telling us the truth.

[Sheridan]

The master is not great enough to stand up like that.

[igorbrsv]

Whoa. Still, no one has more accurate and reliable data than the Moscow Region. And there, whoever wants to believe, whoever doesn’t want to, doesn’t believe

[Lev_Russia]

Of course, we would like our strikes on their strategic targets to be delivered before they strike at ours, but you can’t foresee everything and you can’t do it right away... Planned work is underway to destroy the enemy’s military infrastructure, based on our capabilities... I would like Of course, destroy everything at once, but you won’t win the war with our “wants”, and war is a double-edged thing...

[svp67]

Ukrainian resources do not report anything about the damage caused,

There is a strong belief that at the airfield in Yekaterinoslav (Dnepropetrovsk) the air defense battery, previously supplied from the West, was very badly hit. It is possible that it was possible to disable it for a long time

[Alekseev]

God forbid, if the air defense system got it.
But airfields are a target that cannot be destroyed with several missiles. Even powerful. And front-line aircraft, i.e. relatively small, dispersed, and even difficult to hit in concrete Soviet shelters.
We need effective reconnaissance and strengthening of AWACS. An aircraft of the A-50U, A-100 type must “hang” in the air constantly. Or maybe they could deploy radar-equipped balloons on the Crimean Mountains, similar to the Israeli experience?
In any case, the Northern Military District and a number of other conflicts clearly stated that not only in the infantry, but also in the use of high-precision weapons, mass participation is also needed. Several strikes, even at critical targets, do not allow one to disable a large station or other infrastructure facility; to reliably suppress an air defense area, a combined attack from different directions with a large number of drones and missiles is also needed.

[igorbrsv]

Only hitting a plane with a lancet will completely destroy it. Fragments from missiles will only temporarily disable the aircraft.

[Sancho_SP]

A retaliatory blow should be struck at the villas of the oligarchs and all sorts of supreme councils.
There is clearly no need for a reason to disparage airplanes and airfields.

[Alekseev]

According to the leaders, that's for sure! First? As the leader of the world proletariat used to say, head.

[belovvladimir]

They didn’t give much, it is necessary to beat so that the entire military infrastructure would be reduced to dust, the Ukrofashists and the Israelis are birds of a feather, pros at destroying hospitals, residential buildings and civilians!

[Lech from Android.]

The Armed Forces of Ukraine have F-16s on the way... when will these US fighters begin striking our cities???

[Sergey3]

The Armed Forces of Ukraine have F-16s on the way... when will these US fighters begin striking our cities???

Firstly, the first batches of F-16s will be contemporaries of the Mig-29 and Su-27, which our Ministry of Defense reports shooting down in batches.
Secondly, factories producing air defense work around the clock and by that time our troops will be even more saturated with the most modern air defense systems.
Thirdly, at the forefront, those fighting missiles are mostly very outdated air defense models, and they manage to cope with very complex missiles.
Fourthly, a completely new mega workshop for the production of air defense systems was opened in the Moscow region a month ago. Half a year ago, Almaz-Antey bought a very large plant in the Leningrad region for assembling cars, which was abandoned by a foreign concern, and before that it launched the newest mega plant for the production of air defense missiles.
You are not enough ?!

[Mordvin 3]

Quote: Sergey3

A completely new mega workshop for the production of air defense systems was opened in the Moscow region a month ago.

Quote: Sergey3

launched the newest mega plant for the production of air defense missiles.

A million systems and missiles. Is it per month, per year, or per hundred years?

[Third district]

Quote: Sergey3

Firstly, the first batches of F-16s will be contemporaries of the Mig-29 and Su-27, which our Ministry of Defense reports shooting down in batches.

One mischief in the comment. Solid. Reminds me of what the same haters wrote here before the start of the SVO. As a result, the city of Shebekino in the Belgorod region was destroyed and residents were evacuated. Regular attacks on Kursk, Belgorod, Bryansk
regions, on the Crimean bridge, attacks on strategic aviation airfields and on the Kremlin. The flagship of the Black Sea Fleet and several other ships were lost, the headquarters was destroyed, the bulk of the ships were relocated to Novorossiysk.

[private person]

The Armed Forces of Ukraine have F-16s on the way... when will these US fighters begin striking our cities???

So right there in VO there was information that the first F-16s from Norway had already been delivered to the country. Maybe it was they who made the first sortie?

[igorbrsv]

Fu-16 is already in service. Maybe they are still collecting, of course, but most likely they also participated yesterday

[Cat Alexandrovich]

In response, in response, in response... Do we have ping pong or war?

[Dimm588]

They destroy the window, Russia destroys a dozen buildings in response - ping pong. You modestly keep silent about the fact that before this they flew to them every day, and will fly tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow. The answer is so additional.

[Dimm588]

Well, today it arrived again, then in addition to the usual portion, an additional one again at the airports, what’s your ping-pong?

[75 Sergey]

Something like this, the work must be systematic and planned, otherwise it turns out to be retaliation. Did they shoot at specific targets or at areas for the purpose of intimidation?

[Kusja]

Is it really necessary to hit the ENEMY's airfields IN RESPONSE, and not at every opportunity?

[Eug]

Dnepropetrovsk (Kaydaki, call sign DPRM - BPRM "SHY-Y"), unforgettable years of service, runway 47x2500 with takeoff and landing courses 90-270, shared with the Civil Air Fleet and 805 ARZ (behind the fence), MiG-25PDS.. Zaporozhye (Wet) , a “brotherly” air regiment on the MiG-25PD, a common take-off with the Civil Air Fleet, the VTA regiment on the Il-76, ARZ (I don’t remember the number at that time, now the MiG is being repaired, although it was repairing the Su-25,27) ... closer to the BD zone only Kramatorsk (also a “brotherly” air regiment under the USSR). What’s surprising is that I haven’t seen a single word about the strikes on the Zaporozhye airport, I wonder why that is?

[solar]

Too close to the front line, most likely there is no military equipment there.

[AREOPAG23]

Immediately after the Ukrainian missile strike on the Kerch shipyard, Russia attacked the airfields of the Air Force of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Poltava and Dnepropetrovsk regions.......
What prevented you from attacking all known main and alternate airfields earlier?

[sgrabik]

Constant monitoring of the movements of Ukrainian Armed Forces aircraft is necessary; they should not fly undetected by our tracking systems; if this does not work, then this must be achieved as soon as possible by introducing an integrated approach to aerial reconnaissance, including space reconnaissance.