A-60 aircraft and Tu-95MS modernisation hangar hit in Taganrog

Hangar where Tu-95MS strategic aircraft were being upgraded in Taganrog is hit

During today's attack on the territory of the Beriev Scientific and Technical Complex in Taganrog, the following were The maintenance hangar was damaged, where work was carried out on the modernisation of strategic missile carriers Tu-95MS.

Monitoring groups report that the hangar was used to upgrade the aircraft to the Tu-95MSM, capable of carrying more cruise missiles Х-101 - these are the missiles that russia regularly uses to strike ukraine.

What is known about the affected facility

For preliminary information:

• a maintenance hangar near the main production buildings was damaged;

• strategic aviation aircraft were repaired and modernised in the premises;

• This is a critical element of the production cycle required to restore the combat capability of the Tu-95MS.

The attack was also recorded on a specialised aircraft А-60 - an experimental radar aircraft.

Impact value

The damage to the hangar can:

• complicate the repair and modernisation of strategic missile carriers;

• affect the pace of recovery of long-range aviation;

• reduce the intensity of production processes at Beriev.

This is not the first case of damage to facilities related to Russia's strategic aviation.