NEPTUNE STRIKE DESTROYS TWO RUSSIAN SU-34s, UKRAINIAN NAVY REPORTS
Ukraine’s Neptune missile is letting its results speak.
According to the Ukrainian Navy’s statement, a Neptune missile strike destroyed two Russian Su-34 fighter-bombers at Marinovka airfield in Russia’s Volgograd region.
The aircraft were on the ground at the base used by Russia’s 11th Mixed Aviation Regiment. Independent confirmation of the aircraft losses and the full damage assessment remains pending.
The significance is clear. Su-34s are among the aircraft Russia uses to deliver guided aerial bombs against Ukrainian positions and frontline communities. Destroying them at their airfield removes aircraft that could otherwise return repeatedly to carry out more attacks.
It also forces Russia to confront the vulnerability of its aviation infrastructure. Aircraft need bases, maintenance and preparation between missions. Ukraine’s ability to reach those sites puts pressure on the machinery behind the bombardment.
That is what makes a domestically developed long-range weapon so important: Ukraine gains more capacity to strike the forces attacking it, using technology built by its own defense industry.
The strength of Neptune should be measured in demonstrated results. Two Su-34s destroyed, as the Navy reports, would be a concrete blow to Russian strike aviation—and another reason Moscow cannot assume its bombers are safe on the ground.