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Ukrainian Intelligence Claims Responsibility for Destroying Russian Tu-134 Aircraft of 117th Regiment on October 12-13

Oct 14, 2024, 06:27 AM

On the night of October 12-13, 2024, a Tu-134 military transport aircraft caught fire and was destroyed at the Orenburg-2 military airfield in Russia's Orenburg Oblast. The aircraft belonged to the 117th Military Transport Aviation Regiment of the Russian Armed Forces and was used to transport senior personnel of the Russian Defense Ministry. Ukraine's Main Directorate of Intelligence (GUR) claimed responsibility for the incident, releasing a video showing the fire and subsequent efforts by Russian military personnel to extinguish it. The aircraft, a Soviet-era model, was also referred to as HUR by Ukrainian sources.