@GeoConfirmed The pair of Russian Su-25's did cross the Dnipro River at about 46.991155, 33.617039 on the way to make their attack run:
Video of the Russian Su-25's over Kherson region from this thread archived with details here:
Maps like this show why Russian Su-25's or any attack aircraft, for that matter, were firing on the area of the Kherson front at Davydiv Brid/Bruskynske...
...Ukrainian Army broke through. This tells me the Su-25 video is pretty recent.
Green line added for Su-25 path from vid.
This again is the area Russian Su-25s were targeting on Kherson last week and perhaps over the weekend:
More pieces to what is happening on the ground coming together.
Thread: Russia is constructing a new airfield about 9km west of the heart of Alexeyevka, a military logistics hub in Belgorod region. In July, 2023 a road was cut to the location, and by the start of winter grading for the runway appeared mostly complete.
50.6612, 38.5694
After the winter thaw, work has resumed. On 27 April 2024 a base layer or paving itself is ongoing on the runway.
The animated image shows this work starting around the beginning of April.
Sentinel Hub measures the runway at about 1800 meters. It is not huge, but can support various types of aircraft. Here is where speculation begins…
Shoigu boarded his helicopter at the air base in Rostov on Don. This scene (start 0:01) was on the ramp at approximately 47.27391, 39.63350.
The camera pointed east-southeast, with airfield equipment, fixed-wing aircraft, and large buildings in Rostov on Don visible:
There are two scenes (0:04 and 0:15) showing the helicopter in flight. Both are of the same area, but are out of order in the MoD video. They are northeast of Rostov on Don, crossing a road at 47.41947, 40.00992.
0:15: Approaching Road
0:04: Crossing Road