Ukraine counterattacked, deployed Su-27 to boldly raid Snake Island from Russia

According to The Drive, a Ukrainian Bayraktar TB2 drone recorded video of the strike. Accordingly, two Ukrainian Su-27s entered Snake Island very low from the south – lower than the lighthouse at the southern point of the island, and simultaneously released bait flares emitting high heat as infrared sensors. on the missile probe was fooled and rushed, helping the plane to escape.

The Ukrainian forces that chose to approach the island from the south calculated it more likely that the Russian defenses on the island were positioned primarily to look north and west off the Ukrainian coast.

The Su-27s are said to have dropped bombs at minimal altitude. According to the video, the target of the attack appeared to be the main complex on the island – the buildings just above the jetty and at the eastern tip. There were at least two large secondary explosions, indicating a hit to an ammunition or fuel storage area at the eastern end of the island before a larger explosion erupted near the center of the island.

According to The Drive, the Su-27’s low-altitude attack was actually a daring, reckless attack because the planes could be in danger not only from Russian forces but also from explosions and shrapnel. they just dropped.

Satellite images have shown fire and severe damage to buildings on Snake Island, suggesting the attacks happened in the previous day or two.

The Su-27 attack on Snake Island took place in the context of the Ukrainian wave carrying out a series of counterattacks on the island with TB2 drones.

The TB2 counterattacks targeted low-altitude air defense systems, ZU-23-2 gun emplacements, Tor missile launchers and SA-13 Strela-10 infrared SAMs… of Russian forces stationed on the island. Snake.