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Ukraine destroyed two Russian Su-34 fighter-bombers at the Marinovka airfield in Russia's Volgograd region on October 29 using Neptune missiles, the Ukrainian Navy reported. President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed the strike, adding that a Russian Iskander missile launcher was also hit. The Su-34 is a key platform for launching guided aerial bombs against Ukrainian cities and military positions.
The attack follows a previous Neptune strike on October 15 that destroyed four Su-34M jets at the Borisoglebsk airfield in Russia's Voronezh region. Ukraine has upgraded the Neptune cruise missile, originally designed to target ships, to strike land targets up to 1,000 kilometers away. Russia had about 140 Su-34s in service as of October 22 and has lost 43 destroyed and seven damaged since the full-scale invasion began.
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