On August 9, a series of explosions occurred at an air base in Crimea. According to various sources, from 8 to 24 units were destroyed
What is known
According to Forbes, before the explosions, the cost of the equipment located at the airfield ranged from $650 million to $850 million. The cost of the Su-30SM fighters is $50 million. The Il-76 costs $86 million, and the Su-24MR costs $6 million.
According to President Volodymyr Zelensky,air base was destroyed nine military aircraft. If we assume that all nine aircraft are Su-24MR, then Russia's losses amounted to $55 million. In the case of the Su-35SM, the amount increases to $450.
However, after the publication of satellite imagesmore information about the destroyed aircraft appeared. UA Weapons Tracker analyst reports that Russia has lost six Su-24MR strike and reconnaissance aircraft and five Su-30SM fighters. Thus, Russia's monetary losses reach $300 million.
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According to InforNapalm, as a result of a series of explosionsRussian aviation missed four Su-30SMs, eight Su-27s, five Su-24s, one Il-20 and six Mi-8 helicopters. In this case, Russia lost $380 million.
In conclusion, we add that the Armed ForcesUkraine do not confirm their involvement in the explosions. In Russia, negligence and the fire of warehouses with missiles are considered the main version. True, in some videos you can see explosions at two points of the air base, the distance between which is about 1 km.
Source: Forbes
Image: Wikipedia
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