Kherson airport airstrike
| Kherson airport airstrike | |||||||
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| Part of in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine | |||||||
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| Andrey Mordvichev † (Ukrainian Claim) | Unknown | ||||||
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 Russian Armed Forces |
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| 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]
The Ukranians also claimed to have killed Lieutenant general Andrey Mordvichev in the bombings. He would be Russia's fifth general officer to be killed in the invasion and highest ranking so far. [2]
Background[edit]
During the Battle of Kherson, Russian forces captured Kherson International Airport and began using it as an airbase.[3][4][5]
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.
- ^ https://www.newsweek.com/ukraine-russia-troops-generals-kyiv-mordvichev-death-1689727
- ^ "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.
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