Ukraine says Neptune strike destroyed two Russian Su-34s

Ukraine’s Navy said it destroyed two Russian Su-34 fighter-bombers in a Neptune missile strike on Marinovka airfield in Russia’s Volgograd region on October 29. President Volodymyr Zelensky later confirmed the destruction, according to his remarks reported by Ukrainian officials. The Navy said the aircraft belonged to Russia’s 11th Mixed Aviation Regiment and were hit at the airfield near the settlement of Oktyabrsky. Russia had not publicly confirmed losses at the base as of October 30. The full extent of damage from the strike, including whether other aircraft or equipment were hit, has not been established. Satellite imagery provides visual support for the reported loss of two aircraft. The open-source group CyberBoroshno said post-strike images showed wreckage in two aircraft parking spaces. It compared the images with a Sentinel satellite picture from October 28, which showed a Su-34 at one of those locations. The imagery was also published by the Russian aviation-focused account Avivector. The Navy did not provide its own visual confirmation, and the claim could not be independently verified by one Ukrainian publication. Zelensky said Ukrainian forces carried out two...