Key facts
- The Telegram channel Exilenova Plus said the strike targeted aircraft parking areas, ammunition depots and other facilities at Akhtubinsk.
- Exilenova Plus reported at least 30 explosions were heard at the site after the reported detonation.
- The Kyiv Independent said it could not independently confirm that the facility had been struck.
- Astrakhan Oblast Governor Igor Babushkin said 31 drones were destroyed in the northern part of the region overnight.
- The airbase lies about 650 kilometers east of Ukrainian-controlled territory and 30 kilometers west of Russia's border with Kazakhstan.
Ukrainian forces struck the Akhtubinsk military airfield in Russia's Astrakhan Oblast overnight on November 15, according to the Ukrainian monitoring Telegram channel Exilenova Plus. The channel said the strike targeted aircraft parking areas, ammunition depots and other facilities, and that at least 30 explosions were heard at the site after the reported detonation.
The Kyiv Independent, which reported the account, said it could not independently confirm that the facility had been struck. Astrakhan Oblast Governor Igor Babushkin said 31 drones were destroyed in the northern part of the region overnight.
The airbase lies around 650 kilometers east of Ukrainian-controlled territory and some 30 kilometers west of Russia's border with Kazakhstan. Akhtubinsk has been targeted before: a Russian Sukhoi Su-57 fighter jet was damaged there on October 29, Ukraine's military intelligence agency (HUR) confirmed, and on August 20 a Ukrainian drone strike damaged a Russian Su-34 fighter-bomber stationed at the airfield, according to Ukraine's General Staff.