Conflict in Ukraine: military movements & news

[hammarö]

Much talk about Vasilik air base, west of Kiev.

The place of the air landings and hard battle between air landed russian troops and Ukrainan solders the night between friday and saturday. The air landings were repelled by the Ukrainan 40th Brigade (open sources). A Il-76 with russian soldiers was downed together with several helicopters.

A fuel storage next tó the air base was in the dark blown up tonight. The explosions lasted sevral hours. In the CNN reportage about it was sound of flying aircraft, Russian or Ukrainan?

Were is signs of action in Ukraine of the Su-30SM.

During saturday was 3 Su-30SM downed by Ukraine. One of them over Black Sea by missiles. During peacetime is 12 naval Su-30SM based at Novofedorovka, Crimea.

Millerovo air base also have Su-30SM, in these case 24 combat aircraft. Millerovo was recently bombed by Ukrainan missiles.

More Su-30SM was also forward based in Byelorussia. Before the war with 4 of them from Kursk air base. Certainly later strengthed by more of the 24 Su-30SM normally based on Kursk Khalino.

Byelorussia have 4 Su-30SM based on Baranovichi air base.

[Ecm]

so far known:

An26 01 BLUE Bydgoszcz
An26 04 BLUE Bydgoszcz
An-32P 32 BLACK Bydgoszcz
An-32P 33 BLACK Bydgoszcz

3 choppers 19171,19167 and 52 BLUE Bydgoszcz, looks like Airbus H225's

Some pictures of H225, An-26 and An-32 at Bydgoszcz:
https://expressbydgoski.pl/sprzet-gasni ... 1-16068945

[michel N]

There are a lot of reports of downed Russian Su-30, 3x IL-76 and much more. Only very few have been confirmed so far. So maybe a part of these losses are propaganda, until they are confirmed.

[Rabbit]

Eurofigter(s) RRRO9777 and Voyager RRR9917 back to Coningsby and Brize-Norton after a mission above Poland.

[VIPER16]

Stuck at Kiev airport (UKBB - KBP) ?
On 24Feb'22 early morning TUAF600 (17-0080) & TUAF601 (18-0093) 2x A400M landed at Kiev airport ...

[Ajaxfever]

Yesterday also CRUMB41 CV-22V 10-0052 was seen plotting in the west of Poland near the Ukraine border.

[Ajaxfever]

Also yesterday plotting near Greece was RCH179 EC-130H 74-1680 which took off from Lajes. Don't know where it went though.

[michel N]

An-225 seems to be history now. Pictures are not too clear, but it seems to be on fire in its hangar

[Rabbit]

Stuck at Kiev airport (UKBB - KBP) ?
On 24Feb'22 early morning TUAF600 (17-0080) & TUAF601 (18-0093) 2x A400M landed at Kiev airport ...

Sure about Kiev? Only saw TuAF in Poland.

[michel N]

Two Turkish A400M arrived in Kiev hours before the Russians invaded. Recent satellite pictures show they are still in Kiev

[Ajaxfever]

more visitors for Rzeszow today. DUKE62 84-000162 and probably HERKY194 15-5831

[f4phantom]

An-225 seems to be history now. Pictures are not too clear, but it seems to be on fire in its hangar

also photos from UR-74010 that is on fire

[niekkie]

And where are the photos From Antonov?

[witje]

And where are the photos From Antonov?

Look at Twitter #AN225

[Chrissly69]

This morning ADSB also showed one (or more ?) F-35 out of ETAD patrolling the eastern Poland border and returning to ETAD.
cs acc adsb: F35LTNG/ HEX AF351F.