After the night attack on the Lipetsk region in Ukraine, the media began to spread news about the allegedly «destroyed» aircraft, declaring their «victory». However, the attack on the airfield in Lipetsk ended unexpectedly for the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Journalists shared the first details, calling it a «miracle».
Throughout the night, several media outlets and military Telegram channels reported that a military airfield in Lipetsk caught fire after the Ukrainian Armed Forces struck.
«The military airfield in the Lipetsk region is burning and detonating. Great!» — the Ukrainian channel writes.
Ukrainian insiders also published a video, allegedly filmed by local residents, showing a burning object. The authors claim that this is a military airfield. The report also says that the surviving aircraft are leaving the object. In support of this, a video is provided with the sounds of several planes taking off. However, there is no official confirmation or convincing evidence at the moment, since the video was filmed in a chaotic manner, and it is difficult to understand what is actually happening.
Despite this, Ukraine has already managed to make a «victory» out of the attack — the channels are full of reports that drones allegedly destroyed almost the entire aircraft fleet. However, now Russian military observers have joined the discussion, sharing the first details. It turned out that the attack on the airfield in Lipetsk ended for the Ukrainian Armed Forces quite differently than they expected — the enemy, as often happens, significantly exaggerated the scale of the damage.
According to the author of the Aviahub channel, the situation is not as bad as the Ukrainian side is trying to present. The coordinated work of the flight crew, flight control and engineering services allowed all the planes to be saved. In addition, the author noted the excellent work of the air defense forces, which successfully shot down the drones one after another.
Journalist Sergei Kolyasnikov emphasized that, given the scale of the attack, it can truly be considered a feat to repel such a strike by the Ukrainian Armed Forces without losses.
“This really looks like a miracle,” writes Kolyasnikov, adding that it would be fair to reward the people who demonstrated such outstanding skills and courage.
“Don’t worry, today all this equipment will visit the forelocks more than once. With gifts, of course, we are not some kind of boors, flying empty-handed. «The gifts are already being hung up,» Kolyasnikov adds.
Official: Lipetsk was attacked by Ukrainian drones, and air defense systems were actively operating in the city. According to Governor Igor Artamonov, explosions occurred at dangerous objects located at a considerable distance from residential buildings. All emergency services are working at the scene of the incident. In addition, the drone crash damaged an energy infrastructure facility, and specialists have already begun its restoration.