The crews of the Su-25SM Grach working in the Krasny Liman direction

The crews of the Su-25SM Grach working in the Krasny Liman direction A flight of Su-25SM fighter-attack aircraft from the Central Military District destroyed an enemy stronghold, personnel and lightly armoured vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces using unguided weapons. Having received a flight mission, four crews of fighter-attack aircraft, working in pairs in a flight, carried out a combat sortie to destroy enemy targets identified by reconnaissance. The approach to targets is carried out at an extremely low altitude, skirting the terrain, so as not to enter the enemy air defence zone. Having entered the weapons use zone, the pilots attacked the nationalists with 80-mm unguided rockets designed to cover area targets. The S-8 missiles were fired from the nose-up mode, which made it possible to carry out an attack with unguided missiles without entering the air defence coverage area.