Around 10 June 2024, a Ukrainian Air Force Sukhoi Su-27 (likely UB variant) was damaged (possibly beyond repair) in a Russian missile attack on Myrhorod Air Base, Poltava Oblast. It is unclear whether this was an operational or retired airframe.
https://x.com/WarVehicle/status/1800829391435678174
The aircraft was parked here: 49.930813, 33.627451. Thanks to Sentinel-2 low-res sat imagery we know that it wasn't there on 7 June 2024.
Since before 2009 well over a dozen retired Su-27 airframes have been stored in this part of the base. Since then, some of them have almost certainly been restored to airworthy condition and some have been used for spare parts. Click ALT on photos for captions.
In the imagery taken on 17 March 2022 we can see total of 15 Su-27 airframes (13 with old grey and 2 with three-tone splinter camo scheme). The photo was taken not long after first attacks on the base, if these Su-27s weren't evacuated all were likely not airworthy at that time.
As the months and years of the war passed, the number of Su-27 aircraft in the old gray color scheme parked at the base decreased. The photo from 7 June 2024 show only a few of them.
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