's
FIRMS detected a fire on 2 August 2025 01:52:00 (
UTC) at and near the Primorsko-Akhtarsk air base On 2 July 2023 Russian Telegram channels claimed that Russian air defences had "downed a missile" leaving a 10m deep, 4m wide crater some 200 metres from the runway. The airbase is used, according to Ukraine, to launch
Shahed-136 type drones and
Kalibr missiles.
Planet Labs satellite imagery from 28 December 2023 of the air base showed
decoy fighter jets painted on the
hardstand in an apparent deception tactic against Ukrainian attacks. Similar painted decoys have been seen at
Kirovske and
Yeysk air base. On 2 August 2025 Ukrainian long-range UAVs attacked and caused fire at the Primorsko-Akhtarsk air base, that is used for storage and launch of
Shahed drones. == See also ==