Ukraine announced on Sunday that its forces successfully targeted a cutting-edge Russian warplane stationed at an air base nearly 600 kilometers away from the front lines. The strike, reportedly authorized by Western allies, marks Ukraine's first known hit on a Su-57 fighter jet, considered Moscow's most advanced military aircraft.
Satellite images released by Ukraine's main military intelligence service revealed the aftermath of the attack, showing black soot marks and craters around the aircraft at the Akhtubinsk base in southern Russia. The distance of the airfield from Ukraine suggests that drones were likely used in the strike.
