SBU Strikes Saky Airbase Twice in One Week Destroying at Least Seven Russian Combat Aircraft

Ukraine's SBU said drones struck seven aircraft hangars at the Saky airbase in occupied Crimea, damaging or destroying at least seven Russian aircraft, including Su-30SM, Su-30, and Su-24 fighters and bombers, in its second reported strike on the base within a week 123. The agency said drones also hit two hangars storing Shahed drones and aviation equipment at the nearby Hvardiiske airbase 45. SBU chief Yevhenii Khmara said the strikes are part of a 40-day campaign ordered by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to reduce Russia's military potential 13. Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces separately reported hitting 48 targets overnight across Crimea and Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia Oblast, including a Tor-M2 air defense system and multiple electrical substations, and the General Staff said drones struck a railway bridge over the Kurmanskyi Canal used for Russian military logistics 125. The Kyiv Independent could not independently verify the SBU's claims, and Moscow had not responded by publication 2.