Kherson airport airstrike
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Kherson airport airstrike | |||||||
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Part of in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Russia | Ukraine | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Andrey Mordvichev † (Ukrainian Claim) | Unknown | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
Russian Armed Forces | Ukrainian Armed Forces | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Per Ukraine: Seven destroyed or damaged helicopters | None |
On 16 March 2022, Kherson International Airport was the target of a Ukrainian airstrike as part of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. The Wall Street Journal reported that "Ukraine carried out an airstrike on the Kherson airport, which is now a Russian airbase, and satellite imagery of the tarmac showed seven destroyed or damaged Russian helicopters, some of them engulfed in flames."[1]
Background[edit]
During the Battle of Kherson, Russian forces captured Kherson International Airport and began using it as an airbase.[2][3][4]
References[edit]
- ^ Alan Cullison; Isabel Coles; Yaroslav Trofimov (16 March 2022). "Ukraine Mounts Counteroffensive to Drive Russians Back From Kyiv, Key Cities". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
- ^ "Russia claims to have besieged Ukraine's Kherson, Berdyansk". Daily Sabah. 27 February 2022. Archived from the original on 27 February 2022. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
- ^ Sabbagh, Dan (27 February 2022). "Russian forces advance on Kyiv: fighting on fourth day of invasion". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 27 February 2022. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
- ^ "Russia says it "blocks" Ukraine's Kherson, Berdyansk – RIA". Reuters. 27 February 2022. Archived from the original on 28 February 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2022.