Khanskaya airbase strike: Su-35 and Su-34 hit — Ukraine strike report, 4 October 2026
Ukrainian Security Service drones hit Russian Su-35 and Su-34 aircraft and an ammunition depot at Khanskaya military airbase in Adygea overnight on 4 October 2026. Ukraine’s General Staff also reported strikes on a Buk-M3 air defence system, an attack-drone launch site, electronic warfare equipment and military infrastructure in temporarily occupied Ukrainian territories.
Khanskaya airbase: strike on Russian combat aircraft
According to the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), drones operated by its Alpha Special Operations Centre carried out the attack. The targets hit were a Su-35 multirole fighter, a Su-34 fighter-bomber and an ammunition depot on the airbase grounds.
Khanskaya is located near Maykop in Russia’s Republic of Adygea, approximately 500 km from Ukrainian-controlled territory. Russia uses both aircraft types to carry guided aerial bombs for attacks on Ukraine.
General Staff confirms strikes on Buk-M3 and an attack-drone base
On 3 October and overnight into 4 October, Ukraine’s Defence Forces struck several Russian military targets. A Buk-M3 surface-to-air missile system was hit near Kuroshany in the temporarily occupied part of Zaporizhzhia Oblast.
An attack-drone storage, preparation and launch site was hit near Donetsk. An electronic warfare station was struck near Klimovo in Russia’s Bryansk Oblast.
The General Staff also reported strikes on Russian military telecommunications nodes near Hirnyk, Yasynuvata and Donetsk, as well as repair units near Vesela Tarasivka and Lysychansk in Luhansk Oblast.
Kaluga Radio Tube Plant: reports of a strike on 3 October
Separate reports emerged of an attack on the Kaluga Radio Tube Plant, also known as JSC Voskhod. Militarnyi published its report on the strike on 3 October; other Ukrainian media covered it the following day.
The plant produces electronic components linked to Russia’s Kh-101, Iskander-K and Iskander-M missiles.
Unmanned Systems Forces report strikes on 44 energy facilities
On 4 October, Unmanned Systems Forces commander Robert “Madyar” Brovdi released a new summary of the “Crimean Switch Off” operation. He reported that USF units had hit 44 energy facilities in temporarily occupied territories over 10 days.
The list includes electrical substations and a gas distribution station in Dmytrivka, Zaporizhzhia Oblast. It summarises a series of operations over several days, rather than strikes carried out exclusively on 4 October.
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