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KIEV, UKRAINE (DEC. 22, 2025) (UKRAINIAN INTELLIGENCE SERVICE - RESTRICTED)

1. VARIOUS OF DAMAGED SU-27 AND SU-30 WARPLANES AFTER BEING CLAIMED TO HIT KIEV, UKRAINE - DECEMBER 22: Ukraine’s military intelligence agency (GUR) said it carried out a “special operation” targeting Russian Su-27 and Su-30 fighter jets at an airbase near the city of Lipetsk in western Russia.

The agency said the aircraft stationed at the airfield were struck during the operation, In a statement posted on GUR’s social media account.

It claimed two warplanes caught fire and were destroyed, identifying them as a Su-27 and a Su-30 with tail numbers “12” and “82.”

GUR said the operation took two weeks to plan and was executed through “careful preparation, composure and professionalism.”

The agency added that the combined value of the two aircraft “could be” about $100 million. It also released footage it described as showing the strike.

The claims could not be independently verified.

Russia started its "special military operation" in Ukraine in February 2022 to "denazify" and "demilitarize" Ukraine.

According to its memorandum for the settlement of the conflict, Moscow has demanded a ban on Kyiv joining military alliances and withdrawal of Ukraine's troops from Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson, the regions it annexed after a referendum in September 2022, among others.

Ukraine has called the terms an "ultimatum" and has called for a ceasefire as a prerequisite for meaningful talks.