Jun 02, 2025 10:50
United 24 Media
New satellite imagery has confirmed the destruction or severe damage of at least 13 Russian military aircraft, including eight Tu-95 strategic bombers and four Tu-22M3 supersonic bombers, showing imagery analyzed and published by OSINT analyst Chris Biggersin on June 2.
The images show clear damage to aircraft stationed at Russia’s Belaya Air Base in Irkutsk region. Several of the bombers—marked “destroyed” or “likely destroyed”—are visible in satellite photos, which were captured using a synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite.
This technology allows analysts to assess battlefield damage regardless of weather or daylight conditions.
According to Biggers’ analysis, four Tu-22M3 bombers, which cost approximately $100 million each, were confirmed destroyed at Belaya, including three housed in hardened aircraft shelters. The large debris fields captured in the images strongly suggest these bombers were damaged beyond repair.
Satellite image of the Russian Belaya airbase in Irkutsk region, June 2, 2025. (Source: Chris Biggers/X)
“In addition to the four previously confirmed Tu-95s, four Tu-22M3 bombers were destroyed at Belaya. The scale of wreckage indicates these aircraft are total losses,” the report states.
Head of the Ukrainian Center for Countering Disinformation, Andrii Kovalenko, confirmed the destruction of Russian warplanes, noting that “at least 13 Russian aircraft were destroyed and many more damaged.”
The June 1 strike, part of a Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) operation codenamed “Spider Web”, utilized 117 FPV drones to strike five key Russian airfields: Belaya, Olenya, Dyagilevo, and Ivanovo-Severny, and Voskresensk.
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