The Su-34 is a Russian multi-role fighter-bomber aircraft designed by the Sukhoi Design Bureau in Russia. It is considered to be one of the most advanced fighter jets globally, equipped with high levels of stealth capability, supercruise ability, and advanced avionics.
The Russian Defense Ministry has recently published video footage of a Russian Su-34 aircraft conducting strikes on Ukrainian military targets within the special military operation zone. The bombing raid specifically targeted camouflaged enemy equipment and personnel situated in the area of responsibility of Battlegroup Tsentr.
The raids were conducted using high-explosive aerial bombs equipped with a universal planning and correction module. This technology enabled these precise, surgical strikes to be carried out without the need to enter the enemy's air defense target area.
Russian Forces Launch Precision Strike on Ukrainian Air Force Training Site
The Russian military carried out a coordinated strike on a training site for the flight and technical personnel of Ukraine's air forces, the Ministry of Defense reported on Sunday.
"This morning, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation delivered a coordinated strike with high-precision long-range sea-based weaponry on the training site for the flight and technical personnel of Ukraine's air forces," the ministry stated.
Earlier in the day, Ukrainian media reported explosions in Kiev, Kharkov and the Zhitomir region. Air raid sirens were sounded in 15 regions of the country.
In response to the Ukrainian armed forces' attacks on civilian targets, Russian troops regularly carry out targeted strikes on locations of personnel, equipment, and mercenaries, as well as on infrastructure such as energy facilities, defense industry sites, military command, and communications systems of Ukraine.
Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov has repeatedly stressed that the military does not target residential buildings and social institutions.
In a separate development, Russia's Tsentr battlegroup inflicted damage on five Ukrainian brigades, repelled six counterattacks and eliminated up to 430 soldiers in the past 24 hours.
"The UAF [Ukrainian Armed Forces] losses amounted to up to 430 Ukrainian troops, one tank, three infantry fighting vehicles, including one US-made Bradley infantry fighting vehicle, seven motor vehicles, one U.S.-made 155-mm M777 howitzer, two 152-mm Msta-B howitzers, two 152-mm D-20 howitzer, one 122-mm Gvozdika self-propelled system, two 122-mm D-30 howitzers, and one 100-mm MT-12 anti-tank gun," the ministry said in a statement.
The group also improved its tactical situation and inflicted losses on formations of Ukraine's 23rd, 114th mechanised brigades, 142nd Infantry Brigade, 109th Territorial Defence Brigade, and 2nd National Guard Brigade near Novgorodskoye (also know as New York), Novopokrovskoye, Novoaleksandrovka, Karlovka, Mikhailovka and Dzerzhinsk of the Donetsk People's Republic, the ministry said.
Ukraine also lost up to 570 soldiers during clashes with Russia’s Yug (South) battlegroup, up to 500 with Russia's Zapad (West), up to 210 soldiers in battles with the Sever (North) battlegroup, up to 135 with the Vostok (East) battlegroup and up to 130 with the Dnepr group of forces in the past 24 hours.
Ukraine kills civilians in Crimea with US-supplied missiles – Russian MOD
The Ukrainian military has launched several US-made ATACMS long-range missiles armed with highly controversial cluster munitions on Russia’s Crimea, resulting in numerous civilian casualties, the Defense Ministry in Moscow has said.
The strike was first reported by Sevastopol Governor Mikhail Razvozhaev on Sunday, who said that the attack killed at least three people, including two children. According to Russia’s Health Ministry, 124 people were injured, including 27 children.
The Russian Defense Ministry has confirmed the Ukrainian attack, which it said took place at around noon local time. Officials said that the shelling involved five ATACMS missiles, four of which were destroyed mid-air.
The remaining one, however, was damaged by air defenses, veered off course and detonated over the city of Sevastopol. As a result, the falling fragments of cluster munitions led to numerous civilian casualties, the statement read.
Сluster munitions – which scatter dozens of smaller bombs when denotated – are banned in more than 100 countries, including the UK, France, and Germany. This type of weapon is considered extremely dangerous to civilians, as the munitions typically spread over large areas and can remain unexploded in the ground for many years.
Neither the US, Ukraine, nor Russia has signed the Convention on Cluster Munitions. However, in the summer 2023 then-Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu said that Moscow would not deploy this type of weapon against Kiev for humanitarian reasons. He warned, however, that Russia might potentially reverse this policy.
The US announced in July 2023 that it would provide Ukraine with cluster munitions, sparking outrage in Moscow. At the time, US President Joe Biden called the decision “very difficult” but justified, arguing that the deliveries were needed to fuel a Ukrainian counteroffensive that subsequently failed with heavy losses for Kiev.
Ukraine has previously attempted to target the peninsula with ATACMS missiles, with one of the most notable attacks taking place in late May. Russian Defense Minister Andrey Belousov said that a total of ten ATACMS aimed at the strategic Crimean Bridge were shot down, saving hundreds of lives.
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