Belbek Airfield Arsenal Hit: Russian Bomber Weapons Depot Reportedly Damaged
Source: Kyiv Post
A weapons depot at the Belbek airfield, the main base of Russian military aviation in Crimea, suffered significant damage in the early hours of Thursday, May 16, following a long-range missile attack, according to reports by Atesh partisans.
The strike led to prolonged detonation of the main warehouse of missiles and artillery weapons, resulting in considerable damage to the airfield infrastructure.
The depot stored most of the bombs and missiles for Su-27, Su-30, and MiG-31 fighter-bombers that have been attacking Ukrainian cities and infrastructure. The secondary explosions caused further destruction across the airfield.
According to the Russian Defense Ministry, in the pre-dawn hours of May 16, drones and missiles were intercepted over four Russian regions, with additional attacks targeting Crimea.
Read more: https://www.kyivpost.com/post/32726
FYI, this is NOT a duplicate of the previous post in which the same airfield was hit. This is another missile strike on the Belbek airfield with more great results.
Atesh partisans are a partisan movement created by Ukrainians and Crimean Tatars on the Crimean Peninsula.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atesh
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Ukraine struck an air defense system on the early morning hours of Wednesday and took out 2 S-400 launchers and a radar in addition to a fuel depot and two MiG-31 interceptor aircraft.
With that S-400 system out of comission, it doesn't surprise me that Ukraine followed up with a second strike on Belbek.
Slava Ukraini! 
Thank you for sharing.
