Sukhoi Su-34 bombers drop bombs during the Keys to the Sky competition at the International Army Games 2017 at the Ashuluk shooting range outside Astrakhan.
Sukhoi Su-34 bombers drop bombs during the Keys to the Sky competition at the International Army Games 2017 at the Ashuluk shooting range outside Astrakhan.
  • Ukraine staged a major drone strike on a Russian airfield home to Su-34 fighter-bombers.
  • Su-34s have been responsible for launching devastating glide bomb attacks on the front lines. 
  • Reports are conflicted on the attack's outcome, and images suggest the attack may have been unsuccessful.

Heading into the weekend, Ukraine launched what appeared to be one of its largest drone strikes of the war, targeting a Russian airfield home to fighter-bombers able to drop punishing glide bombs.