Russian Knights group’s fighter jet destroyed in Kuban

26 May, 2024 Su-27P of the Russian Knights demo team. Photo credits: Oleg Erofeev A fighter jet belonging to the Russian Knights pilot group was destroyed as a result of a drone attack on the Russian Kushchevskaya Air Base in Krasnodar Krai.

Militarnyi reports on that. The successful attack by attack drones took place on the night of May 19. The next day, low-quality satellite images of the airfield were released.

The images revealed a damaged combat aircraft, identified as a Su-27 or Su-35. They look almost identical.

Kushchevskaya airbase May 23, 2024. Photo credits: Radio Svoboda/Planet Labs

Now, high-quality images from Planet Labs, published by Radio Liberty, show the impact in more detail.