Satellite images verify new strikes on two Russian airbases

Satellite imagery has confirmed damage to two radar systems, a maintenance facility and an ammunition depot at Russia’s Millerovo airbase in Rostov Oblast, following a Ukrainian drone strike on the night of August 30, according to images published by the Dnipro OSINT.

Ukrainian outlet Militarnyi reported that Ukraine’s 1st Separate Center of the Unmanned Systems Forces carried out the attack using FP-1 long-range strike drones, also striking Yeysk airbase the same night. At Millerovo, the satellite images show the ammunition depot and the base’s technical and maintenance facility, known by its Ukrainian abbreviation TECh, were completely destroyed, while an RSP-27 precision approach radar and a Nebo-SV early warning radar were both damaged.

Millerovo has been struck repeatedly since Russia’s full-scale invasion began. The base sits about four kilometers northwest of Millerovo city and has hosted Russia’s 31st Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment, which flies Su-30SM fighters, along with earlier deployments of Su-25 attack aircraft. Ukrainian officials have described the base as a key staging point for Russian frontline aviation supporting operations in eastern and southern Ukraine, and it was previously hit in drone attacks in December 2023 and July 2025.

The FP-1 is built by the Ukrainian company Fire Point and has become one of Ukraine’s primary tools for long-range strikes inside Russia. The drone carries a warhead of 60 to 120 kilograms depending on configuration, with a documented range of 1,600 kilometers, and Fire Point has said an upgraded model unveiled this year can reach as far as 2,700 kilometers. Ukraine’s military has credited FP-1 strikes with more than half of its long-range drone missions against Russian targets, including ammunition depots, oil refineries, radar stations and air defense systems.

Separately, satellite and visual evidence reviewed following a strike on September 4 identified damage to Russian military aircraft parked at Sochi’s airport in Krasnodar Krai, according to the same reporting.

A Ka-52 attack helicopter and a Mi-28 attack helicopter were destroyed, and a Mi-8 transport helicopter was damaged, at the facility’s military helicopter parking area. Sochi’s airport has been targeted in prior Ukrainian strikes, including an October 2023 attack that Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence directorate said hit a parking area for Russian helicopters in the airport’s Adler district, and an August 2025 strike that set fire to a nearby oil depot.

Russian authorities have not issued a public statement on either the Millerovo or Sochi strikes described in this report.