During a raid on temporarily occupied Crimea, a special unit of Ukrainian military intelligence destroyed two An-26 transport aircraft, and also hit a surface radar station and a coastal radar MR-10M1 Mys M1.
The Defense Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reported this on September 25.
"The masters of the special unit of the Defense Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine "Prymary" ("Ghosts" – Ed.) continue to eliminate enemy high-value targets on the territory of temporarily occupied Crimea," the report says.
The Defense Intelligence added that these losses inflicted by Ukrainian defenders on the russian army were recorded in the report of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine for September 24.
ГУР: Два ворожі літаки Ан-26 та радіолокаційна станція надводної обстановки та берегова РЛС МР-10М1 “Мис М1”. - чергова здобич “Примар” у Криму pic.twitter.com/opWoPzRTxk
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According to the General Staff, as of the morning of September 25, since the beginning of the full-scale war, russia has already lost 428 aircraft.
Where are An-26 aircraft used
The An-26 is a Soviet-made multi-purpose turboprop transport aircraft, known by NATO codification as "Curl" and popularly as "Nastya". It is capable of transporting cargo, paratroopers and the wounded, has good take-off and landing characteristics and can operate on dirt, sandy and snowy airfields. In combat operations, the An-26 is used for: transporting troops and cargo, landing personnel and equipment, evacuating the wounded, electronic reconnaissance and relaying communications.
As a reminder, the Ukrainian military shot down a russian front-line fighter-bomber Su-34 in the Zaporizhzhia direction.
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