Ukrainian army destroyed the third Russian A-50 military reconnaissance aircraft this year

New satellite images confirmed the hit of Ukrainian drones on the building of an aircraft repair plant in Taganrog. Ukranian Dialog media outlet reported this.
There is no A-50 aircraft near the buildings of the Beriev Aircraft Plant in the published pictures. The plant fell under attack by Ukrainian drones on the night of March 9 in Taganrog. It was standing next to the plant 9 days before.
"OSINT researchers found that the blow fell on the hangar, aircraft in maintenance are usually placed. Most likely, the target was the A-50. Russian propagandists started talking about restarting production of this type recently," he wrote.
Researchers of the OSINT project Frontelligence Insight believe that at the time of the impact, this aircraft could have been in the plant's buildings.
Visible damage to the building on the satellites is enough to damage the aircraft being repaired inside the enterprise.
Satellite images confirmed the hit of Ukrainian drones on the building of an aircraft repair plant in Taganrog, which became the main target of a massive strike on the Rostov region on last Saturday night.
Geospatial analysis of the images was conducted by the Ukrainian analytical group Frontelligence Insight.
They compared the pictures of the plant from February 29, March 8 and March 9. In the picture dated February 29, published by the investigative project Schemes of the Ukrainian service of Radio Liberty, four aircraft stood next to the hangar for repair, one of which was the A-50. On March 8 and 9, three aircraft remained on the site of the plant, and the A-50 was not among them.
“It is unclear if it was in the building at the time of the attack,” Frontelligence Insight analysts wrote.
Comparative analysis of the images revealed traces of fire on the roof of the final assembly workshop, where the A-50 was allegedly repaired, Frontelligence Insight researchers reported.
Explosions occurred near the entrance of the building, according to the analysis. Analysis of satellite images shows that at least one S-300/400 system was at the airfield during the attack.
If it does not serve as a bait, this indicates the ability of the Ukrainian UAV to overcome Russian air defence systems even in the immediate vicinity of strategic facilities.
If the A-50 was indeed damaged as a result of the attack on Taganrog, then this is the third aircraft of this class that has been disabled by the Ukrainian military since the beginning of the year.
In January and February, the Ukrainian forces shot down two A-50U aircraft over the Sea of Azov.