According to Ukrinform, Ukraine’s General Staff reported the strike on Telegram.

The August 20 strike on the Akhtubinsk airfield resulted in confirmed damage to a Su-34 aircraft and a fuel spill at the facility.

The Akhtubinsk airfield is home to Russia’s 929th State Flight Test Center, one of the country’s main facilities for testing and evaluating new military aircraft and weapons.

Russia uses the airfield to base Su-34 aircraft, which are employed to launch guided aerial bomb strikes against Ukraine.

The airfield is located approximately 650 kilometers from the frontline.

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As previously reported by Ukrinform, overnight on August 20, DIU unmanned systems operators struck two airfields from which Russian forces launched attack drones against civilian targets in Ukraine – one in temporarily occupied Donetsk and another in Primorsko-Akhtarsk, Krasnodar Krai, Russia.