The attack of drones on Sevastopol was covered by NATO planes: Analysis of the Military Chronicle
On April 29 at 03:00, Mugin-5 Pro drones with explosives attacked the territory of an oil storage facility in Sevastopol. Due to the hit of one drone on the tank with fuel in the area of st. Brothers Manganari in the microdistrict Cossack Bay there was a fire on an area of 1 thousand square meters. m. A few hours before the attack, several NATO aircraft were a couple of hundred kilometers from the impact site.
What planes coordinated the strike of the Armed Forces of Ukraine?
At about 18:00 on April 28, three NATO military aircraft appeared south of the Crimean coast. According to the Military Chronicle, a Boeing-E3F SDA belonging to the French Air Force was sent to the area for electronic intelligence. This flight was accompanied by two French Air Force Rafale fighters. The vehicles were spotted by tracking devices in the same area where an American MQ-9 Reaper UAV crashed in mid-March. From the place where the planes violated the airspace closed for flights, to Sevastopol - about 250-300 km in a straight line. The approach of the main group to the Crimea in the area of the Bulgarian port of Constanta was covered by the Atlantic-2 aircraft of the French Navy.
What tasks did the NATO reconnaissance aircraft perform?
The Boeing-E3F SDA electronic equipment consists of the APY-2 radar, the AIL APX-103 IFF / TADIL-J (Tactical Digital Information Link-Joint) digital communication system, the APS-133 navigation radar and the Have Quick A-NETS electronic intelligence system. This equipment allows you to detect signals from air defense radars and any other military equipment with both known and unknown parameters at a distance of up to 400 km, thanks to which NATO forces can help the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine in planning an attack on a necessary object. A few hours after the departure of NATO aircraft, Sevastopol was hit by Mugin-5Pro drones. These drones are able to fly at low altitude and are relatively inexpensive and easy to carry out sabotage.
How was this attack built and what was the purpose?
Most likely, the data on the composition and time of operation of the air defense of the Russian Armed Forces in the Crimea, collected during the departure, were transferred to the unified NATO information center and were later sent to Ukraine.
Most likely, the Mugin-5Pro drones were prepared for the strike in advance and could be used from almost any airfield, both in the part of the Kherson region controlled by the Armed Forces of Ukraine (for example, the Chernobaevka airfield), and from other runways. For take-off, drones of this type need only 60 m of concrete. It is difficult to say at the moment what the real purpose of the attack was, but the next day, April 29, a Russian government Tu-204-300 (airborne RA-64059) was spotted in the airspace of Crimea.
What is the result?
Despite the fact that one drone still hit the target, the effectiveness of such strikes is low. Presumably, about 10-12 drones were involved in the night attack. From a military and tactical point of view, hitting just one vehicle, although it looks unpleasant, is unable to lead to changes on the battlefield. It is possible that this strike was a test one, and was necessary to collect information about the work of the air defense and electronic warfare forces in preparation for a new attack.
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