The Ukrainian Security Service of Ukraine announced that members of the Alfa Special Operations Center hit several Russian military targets in the temporarily occupied Crimea. According to the press service of the SBU, these were attacks on facilities of the Black Sea Fleet of Russia in Sevastopol and at the Belbek military airport.
26.04.2026 17:45 , updated: 22:05
SBU he claimsthat its unmanned means again engaged the large landing ships of Project 775 Yamal and Project 1171 Nikolay Filchenkov. The survey ship Ivan Churs was also supposed to be hit.
According to the Ukrainian service, the training center of the Black Sea Fleet of Russia Lukomka, the radio-technical survey staff of the air defense forces, the MR-10M1 Mys-M1 radar, the MiG-31 interceptor system at the Belbek airport and the technical-operational part of this airport were also targeted.
Photo: SBU
attack on Crimea, Mig 29 SBU footage of a Russian MiG-31 aircraft shortly before a drone strike at Belbek airport in occupied Crimea.
Portal Military states that a MiG-31 fighter in the BM version was probably destroyed in Crimea. According to available information, MiG-31 interceptors are located at Belbek airport. One of them was supposed to be hit by the forces of the Alfa Special Operations Center on December 18, 2025. At the same time, the SBU claims that it hit 12 Russian planes and three helicopters in 2025.
The MiG-31 is a heavy supersonic ambush machine of Soviet design, designed mainly for intercepting air targets at long distances. It is among the fastest combat aircraft in Russia’s arsenal, and in modernized versions it plays an important role in the air defense system. Unlike classic fighters, it is not primarily intended for maneuver air combat, but for rapid movement, search and liquidation of targets using a powerful radar and long-range missiles, he explains Airforce-technology.
Photo: SITA/AP, Alexander Zemlianichenko
dagger, MiG-31K A Russian Air Force MiG-31K jet aircraft carries the Kh-47M2 Kinzhal hypersonic hypersonic missile during a military parade.
“Every such operation has a clear logic: we are methodically destroying the key elements of the enemy’s military infrastructure — the fleet, aviation, intelligence and air defense. These are not only direct losses of technology, but also the destruction of the enemy’s ability to control space, cover its forces and plan new attacks,” said the temporarily appointed head of the SBU, Yevhenij Chmara. He added that this work will continue until Russia ends its aggression against Ukraine.
According to the source text, the massive attack by Ukrainian drones on Sevastopol on the night of April 26 is also confirmed by the monitoring channels Krymskij veter and Exilenova+ on Telegram. According to them, the first wave began at approximately 21:30 with explosions in the area of Cape Fiolent, where several Russian military units are located, as well as at Belbek and Kača airports.
According to telegram channels, local residents reported attacks in the area of the deployment of the radar company, the reserve air defense command post in Jucharina Balka and the vicinity of the Black Sea Military and Naval Academy.
The second wave of the drone attack was supposed to start at approximately 03:30 and last for about two hours, until 05:30. Airports and ships in the Sevastopol Bay were to be targeted again.
The massive Ukrainian attack was also confirmed by the local occupation administration. The Russian-appointed governor of Sevastopol claimed 71 Ukrainian drones were “destroyed” over the city.
This is the second operation by the SBU against the ships of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in a relatively short time – in the previous attack on April 18, according to the SBU, three vessels were also damaged.
On Sunday morning, authorities in Sevastopol reported one of the most massive drone attacks on the city in recent times. According to pro-Russian governor Mikhail Razvozhayev, one man was killed and several others were injured.
The Russian army has not confirmed the attack on the naval base and airport in Crimea.
Russia annexed the Crimean peninsula in 2014 and is using it to launch attacks against Ukraine after the start of the invasion in February 2022. Ukraine responds with counterattacks.
