| Millerovo air base attack | |||||
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| Part of thespillover in Western Russia of the2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine | |||||
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 Ukraine |  Russia | ||||
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| None | OneSu-30SM destroyed Several people wounded Ukrainian claim: At least twoSu-30SMs destroyed | ||||
  Millerovo Location within Rostov Oblast | |||||
On 25 February 2022, theRussian air base inMillerovo,Rostov Oblast,Russia, was attacked by Ukrainian forces during the2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. According to some Ukrainian officials, Ukrainian military forces attacked theMillerovo air base withOTR-21 Tochka missiles, destroyingRussian Air Force planes and setting the airbase on fire.[4][5]
Millerovo is a town inRostov Oblast in Russia, about 60 kilometers fromLuhansk, a territory in theDonbas region bordering Russia and partially Russian-rebel held since the beginning of theRusso-Ukrainian War.[4]
A local law enforcement agency source told local outletKomsomolskaya Pravda that a UkrainianTochka-U missile had hit the facility. Another local outlet,Rostov Gazeta, reported that the attack was carried out by Ukrainian armed formations.[6]
Editor-in-chief edition of Ukrainian largest online mediaCensor.net Yuriy Butusov called the attack "One of the most successful Armed Forces of Ukraine operations in the history of war" and "defeat, which Putin will not be able to hide".[7][8]
The attack, which theUkrainian Armed Forces did not officially comment on, was reportedly launched in response to the shelling of Ukrainian cities by Russian forces.[citation needed]
Multiple people were reported to be wounded,[9] and one pilot reportedly died later of his wounds.[10] At least oneSukhoi Su-30SM was destroyed on the ground per tweeted images.[11] However, Ukrainian officials and military experts have claimed that at least two RussianSu-30SM fighters were destroyed on the ground.[12]
The airfield was bombed again by Ukraine on 20 July 2024 in a drone strike, with several fires seen on the runway by locals.[13]
