Primorsko-Akhtarsk (air base)

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Primorsko-Akhtarsk is an air base of the

The base was first used in 1954 by a regiment (1689th) of the Yeysk aviation school. Today it is home to the 960th Assault Aviation Regiment (960th ShAP) which has two squadrons of Sukhoi Su-25SM/SM3 (NATO: Frogfoot-A)^[1][2]

The 559th Bomber Aviation Regiment deployed here from Morozovsk air base with their Sukhoi Su-34's as part of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.^[3]

Russian invasion of Ukraine

On 2 July 2023 Russian Telegram channels claimed that Russian air defences had "downed a missile" leaving a 10m deep, 4m wide crater some 200 metres from the runway. The airbase is used, according to Ukraine, to launch