The Investigative Project "Schemes" published satellite images from "Planet Labs" showing Berdyansk Airfield and Luhansk International Airport after the ATACMS missile strikes.
The pictures taken on October 18 show a part of the runway of the airport in Berdyansk, where helicopters used to be. It is noticeable that these places are affected.
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"Planet Labs" also recorded damage at the Luhansk airfield after strikes by the Ukrainian military.
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- On the night of October 17, Ukrainian troops struck airfields near occupied Berdyansk and Luhansk. The Special Operations Forces (SSO) informed that 9 helicopters of various modifications, special equipment, an air defense launcher, and ammunition depots were destroyed at both airfields. Runways were also damaged.
- On the evening of October 17, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) confirmed Ukraineʼs use of long-range ATACMS missiles. Citing sources, it was noted that the US secretly sent a small batch of missiles with a range of about 160 kilometers. This range of damage (up to 165 km) has the basic version of the MGM-140A ATACMS Block 1 with a cluster warhead consisting of 950 bombs of the M74 type.
- Then President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed that Ukraine received ATACMS and successfully applied them. The same evening, the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valerii Zaluzhnyi showed a video of the ATACMS long-range missile launch.