Seven Tu-160 aircraft, which were stationed at the White Airport in the Irkutsk Oblast before the Ukrainian attack, left the air base in the mediate of last week. That's from a satellite photograph taken on Thursday night on Friday. By Thursday morning, the last of the 3 Tu-160 aircraft departed from Olenia Airport in the Murmanian Oblast, which had previously been its base. By Saturday morning, all Tu-95MS aircraft besides departed from Murmansk Airport.
Two Tu-160 bombers were placed in the Anadyr (Church) as shown by a satellite photograph of the military airport last Saturday. 3 Tu-160, including 1 undergoing modernization, were deployed at Borisoglebsk Airport in Tatarstan, according to a satellite photograph taken on Friday 6 June. The satellite image shows that there were 3 Tu-160 aircraft at Elizowo Airport (Kamchatka).
AviVector reported that to the Amur region, to the Ukrainian airport, the day after the attack of Ukrainian drones, 11 Tu-22M3 bombers were sent from Olenia Air Base. According to the same data, 4 Tu-95MS bombers were sent from Engels-2 Military Airport in the Sarat Oblast. On the another hand, six Tu-22M3 bombers arrived at Engels-2 on Saturday Sunday. 4 Tu-22M3 aircraft landed on Monday at Mozdok Airport in North Ossetia, which late had virtually no usage for Russian air force. 4 Tu-22M3 aircraft were filmed by satellites at Borisoglebsk Airport in Tatarstan.
Russia licks wounds after Operation Spider
The day before Operation Spider There were 52 strategical aviation aircraft (35 Tu-22MZ, six Tu-95MS and 7 Tu-160) and 30 MiG-31 fighters, as well as 8 ancillary and transport aviation units in the Bielaya Air Base. After the attack, smoke poles rose from 2 Tu-22MZ stops, 2 Tu-95MS and 1 Tu-160, came to the conclusion of the analyst OSINT MarcinRogowsk14.
On 26 May, 2 Tu-95MS, 3 Tu-160 and 2 Su-34 aircraft were stationed at Olenia Airport in the Murmanian Oblast. 5 aircraft caught fire during the attack on the base. 2 Tu-95MS aircraft and 1 military transport An-12 were destroyed. OSINT Moklasen analyst wrote that at least three-four strategical bombers were destroyed in Olen.
Ukraine Armed Forces Staff General after the attack on Russian airports on June 1 added 41 pieces to the number of aircraft destroyed in the last week. Representatives of the U.S. and European peculiar Services informed “The fresh York Times” that as a consequence of SBU operations destroyed or severely damaged could have been up to 20 Russian strategical aircraft. Later, the Reuter Agency, citing U.S. officials, reported the demolition of 10 Russian military aircraft as a consequence of Operation Spider.
EPA/VLADIMIR ASTAPKOVICH / HOST photograph AGENCY / POOL / PAPBomber Tupolev Tu-160. Illustration image
In full Ukraine attacked more than 40 Russian aircraft. According to the Ukrainian intelligence service SBU, this corresponds to about 1 3rd of the Russian strategical bomber fleet. The harm was estimated at around $7 billion (about PLN 26 billion) – but so far there is no independent confirmation of this amount.
General Bundeswehry Christian Froyding stated that Russia would gotta "enhance safety measures" at its airports after the attack. He besides noted that up to 10% of Russian strategical bombers were damaged during the Ukrainian operation.
