Ukraine Claims 6 Aircraft Hit at Russian Airbase in Rostov
Zelenskyy said the overnight operation involved four Ukrainian agencies and hit a refinery processing about 15 million tons of crude a year, officials said.
- On Sept. 17, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reported that Ukrainian forces executed a coordinated overnight operation, striking a military airfield in Rostov-on-Don and the Slavneft-YANOS oil refinery in Yaroslavl.
- Security Service , military intelligence , and Foreign Intelligence Service personnel executed the strikes to disrupt Russian logistics and revenue, continuing a strategic campaign to bring war consequences to Russian territory.
- Confirmed results included one An-12 transport plane, two An-26 aircraft, and three helicopters destroyed, while NASA satellite data and the independent channel Astra verified a fire at the airfield's parking apron.
- Rostov Oblast Governor Yury Slyusar confirmed a fire and power outages across four districts after drone debris damaged a transformer substation, though Russia's Defense Ministry issued no damage assessment.
- Recurring strikes at the airfield, which have occurred at least eight times this year, illustrate a sustained effort to systematically degrade Russian air defense capabilities in the region.
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Rescue teams work at the site of a Russian drone attack in the central market of Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on Saturday, September 26, 2026. AP/Kateryna Klochko Russian attacks killed four people across Ukraine this Saturday (26), authorities said, while the air war between Moscow and Kiev is intensifying. Russia has bombed Ukraine with cruise missiles and ballistics, powerful glider bombs and jet drones, while the advance in the front line has decr…
The air war between Russia and Ukraine has intensified. Russian strikes killed four people in Ukraine on Saturday, while Ukrainian drone strikes killed three in Russia. President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia was intensifying its attacks.
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