{"id":1414110,"date":"2026-07-04T15:44:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T12:44:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/mig-29-and-launcher-destroyed-gur-attacked-russian-belbek-airfield-in-crimea\/"},"modified":"2026-07-04T15:44:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T12:44:16","slug":"mig-29-and-launcher-destroyed-gur-attacked-russian-belbek-airfield-in-crimea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/mig-29-and-launcher-destroyed-gur-attacked-russian-belbek-airfield-in-crimea\/","title":{"rendered":"MiG-29 and launcher destroyed: GUR attacked Russian Belbek airfield in Crimea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Main Intelligence Directorate reported the destruction of a Russian MiG-29 fighter jet during an attack on the Belbek airfield in temporarily occupied Crimea. According to intelligence, an airfield launcher serving the occupiers&#8217; combat aircraft was also destroyed.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> This was reported <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/DIUkraine\/8847\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">by the press service<\/a> of the GUR.<\/p>\n<p> According to preliminary information, on the night of June 25-26, 2026, units of the Department of Unmanned Systems of the Military District of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine attacked the Belbek military airfield in temporarily occupied Crimea.<\/p>\n<p> As a result of the operation, according to intelligence, a Russian MiG-29 fighter jet was destroyed.<\/p>\n<p> In addition, Ukrainian special forces destroyed an airfield launcher with a single strike. According to the GUR, at the time of the destruction, it was servicing a combat aircraft of the Russian occupation forces.<\/p>\n<p> The Main Intelligence Directorate noted that the estimated damage caused to the Russian side could amount to tens of millions of dollars. The press service also released a video of the targets being hit. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?height=314&#038;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Freel%2F1034760319311585%2F&#038;show_text=false&#038;width=560&#038;t=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"314\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p> By the way, <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/ataka-droniv-u-rf-pid-udarom-port-vysotsk-ta-naftovyy-terminal-u-sankt-peterburzi\/\">on the night of July 4, Russia announced a large-scale drone attack<\/a> . The port of Vysotsk in the Leningrad region was hit, and OSINT analysts also reported the destruction of an oil terminal in St. Petersburg.<\/p>\n<p> Earlier, <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/sbu-zaiavyla-pro-urazhennia-shchonaymenshe-semy-rosiyskykh-litakiv-na-aerodromakh-u-krymu\/\">the Security Service of Ukraine reported the successful destruction of the Russian military airfields &#8220;Saki&#8221; and &#8220;Gvardiyske&#8221;<\/a> in temporarily occupied Crimea. According to preliminary data, at least seven combat aircraft were destroyed or damaged.<\/p>\n<p> As a reminder, on the night of June 26, <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/u-rosii-ta-okupovanomu-krymu-prolunaly-vybukhy-pid-udarom-opynyvsia-zavod-azot\/\">drones attacked several facilities in Russia and the temporarily occupied Crimea<\/a> . The Azot chemical plant in Novomoskovsk, Tula region, was hit, as well as the Kerch district, where local residents reported a series of explosions and the work of air defense. The NASA FIRMS service also records a fire in the area of the deployment of air defense systems (Pantsir S-1) and the airfield.<\/p>\n<p> Also follow <strong>\u201cPryamim\u201d<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">X<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Telegram<\/a> , and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Main Intelligence Directorate reported the destruction of a Russian MiG-29 fighter jet during an attack on the Belbek airfield in temporarily occupied Crimea. According to intelligence, an airfield launcher serving the occupiers&#8217; combat aircraft was also destroyed. This was reported by the press service of the GUR. According to preliminary information, on the night [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":1329061,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76871,76872,76874],"class_list":["post-1414110","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2","category-news-feed","category-war"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1414110","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/54"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1414110"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1414110\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1329061"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1414110"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1414110"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}