The local time on August 4, the Ukrainian Security Service announced that it launched a suicide drone to bomb the Russian military airfield in Sakhi, Crimea. The Ukrainian Security Service claimed that the suicide drone destroyed one Russian Su-30SM fighter jet, damaged one Su-30SM fighter jet and three Su-24 bombers. In addition, the aviation weapons and ammunition depot of this Russian base was hit, causing an explosion. However, for such a "great victory," the Ukrainian Security Service did not provide strong evidence to prove that five Russian fighter jets and bombers were destroyed or damaged, nor did Western or American satellite images confirm it. If it were true, the United States and the West would have already come out to verify with satellite images that the Russians had suffered heavy losses. Drone attacks are the easiest means of attack to leave visual records. For the Ukrainian authorities, "Although they lost Dzerzhinsk, Chasovyy Yar, and even the front lines in Kupiansk, Severne, and Novoysk were facing collapse, but destroying five planes at once is a great victory!" Are there still Su-24 frontline bombers in service in the Russian military? The Russian military has a large stockpile of Su-24 frontline bombers, but they are rarely used on the Ukrainian battlefield, as they cannot drop glide-guided bombs.
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