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| Date: | Saturday 12 July 2025 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Antonov An-26 |
| Owner/operator: | State Emergency Service of Ukraine (DSNS) |
| Registration: | |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Chernivtsi International Airport (CWC/UKLN) -
 Ukraine
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | - |
| Departure airport: | Chernovtsy Airport (CWC/UKLN) |
On 12 July 2025, a Ukrainian State Emergency Service Antonov An-26 was apparently destroyed in a strike on Chernivtsi International Airport conducted by forces of the Russian Federation.
Sentinel-2 satellite imagery shows significant activity at the airport, with 7 emergency service aircraft easily identifiable on the 11th of July. However, on the next set of imagery on the 13th of July, only 6 aircraft are visible, with the addition of a damage crater located approximately at 48.268274492653056, 25.9696809996385, indicating that the aircraft burned out.
On the same day, the SCB Electronmash embedded systems plant in Chernivtsi was targeted by Geran drones and at least one X-101 missile equipped with a cluster warhead.
Sources:
https://t.me/don_partizan/8511
https://t.me/divannyevoini/15972
https://t.me/divannyevoini/15974
https://t.me/divannyevoini/15978
https://x.com/AMK_Mapping_/status/1943871523065942509
https://x.com/cym27s/status/1944012566348574736
https://lostarmour.info/news/udar-chernovcy-zavod-12-07-2025
https://nakarte.me/#m=17/48.26586/25.97131&l=E&q=chernivitsi&r=48.286470/25.937653/Chernivtsi%20(%D0%A7%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D1%96%D0%B2%D1%86%D1%96)
Sentinel-2 satellite imagery:
11 July 2025 - S2B_MSIL2A_20250711T092029_N0511_R093_T35UMP_20250711T114113.SAFE
13 July 2025 - S2C_MSIL2A_20250713T090621_N0511_R050_T35UMP_20250713T130516.SAFE
Location
Media:
Chernivtsi City last night. Explosions were heard from cruise missile and Geran-2 drone impacts, and a large fire is seen burning from the city. pic.twitter.com/KQuKJYwUxr
— AMK Mapping ?? (@AMK_Mapping_) July 12, 2025
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Jul-2025 14:00 | Anon. | Added |
| 21-Jul-2025 18:00 | Drone Insider | Updated [Embed code, ] |
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