Russia is pulling all its fighter jets out of Crimea after a series of strikes on its military outposts there, secret NATO report says

This is a translation of an article that was published in August of 2022.

According to a secret NATO report, Russia is pulling all of its fighter jets out of the region in response to recent explosions at Russian military outposts.

According to a report dated August 22, Russia has moved ten aircraft, six of which are Su-35S and four of which are MiG-31BM jets, out of the Black Sea peninsula and into Russia.

According to the report, the first ten jets were moved from Belbek airfield to Kushchevskaya and Marinovka.

The report said that Russia has dispersed 10x fighter aircraft from Crimea to other airfields in mainland Russia.

The report was referring to a number of attacks that took place in the Ukrainian region of Crimea. Ukrainian officials have said that it was involved in the blasts.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has made it clear that his ultimate goal is to take back occupied Crimea.

Insider reported that moving these assets farther from the front lines could make it harder for Russia to use them.

According to the NATO report, Belbek airfield is Russia's primary airfield providing support in southernUkraine and the Black Sea.

At the time of the report's publication, there were 32 Russian fighter jets in Belbek airfield, most of which were the Su-27 Flanker J fighter jets.

The aircraft are likely insufficient to maintain the same level of air support.

The report said that Russia has increased the number of its surface-to-air missiles in the area to defend against Ukrainian drones.

The report said thatUkrainian drones are hard for Russia to target due to the poor IADS C2 system.