About an hour ago, Russian troops launched another attack on the Starokostiantyniv (https://t.me/dva_majors/53657) airfield in the Khmelnytsky region - this time, they launched no less than four Kinzhal aeroballistic missiles at once.
The facility is one of the main basing locations for the transferred American F-16 fighters. This is largely due to the presence of Soviet reinforced concrete shelters there - ZBU, which provide better stealth and protection for aircraft. This is the reason for the use of Kinzhals to destroy the facility.
Despite reports of the destruction of several F-16s at Starokostiantyniv, the effectiveness of the raid can be judged after satellite images and other evidence appear. After all, it is unlikely that a loss of this kind will go unnoticed in the local and Western media field.
And yet, the new attack on the airfield indicates consistency in the destruction of at least the infrastructure for basing American fighters. The number of Soviet ZBUs at Ukrainian air…
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