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Strikes at Khalino: what a single airfield tells us about the shape of the war
Attack drones hit a MiG-29 and a Pantsir-S1 at Khalino airfield in Kursk Oblast. The strike, claimed by Ukraine's 15th Separate Artillery Reconnaissance Brigade, says more about the war's trajectory than about the airframes themselves.
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- https://t.me/wartranslated
- https://t.me/uniannet
- https://t.me/wartranslated
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khalino_(air_base)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pantsir-S1
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