Ukraine just hit a MiG-29 and radar in Crimea — and filmed the entire strike (VIDEO, MAP)
A Ukrainian special operations drone unit destroyed a Russian MiG-29 fighter jet at the Kacha airbase and struck the Irtysh radar system near Simferopol in Russian-occupied Crimea overnight on 4 December 2025, according to Ukraine’s Defense Ministry’s Main Directorate of Intelligence (HUR).
MiG-29 hit on the ground at Kacha airbase
The Prymary ("Ghosts") unit of HUR carried out the attack on the MiG-29 fighter jet located on the territory of the Kacha military airfield in southwestern Crimea near Sevastopol. The military intelligence agency reported the strike in an official statement published on 4 December.
"Special units of the HUR continue systematically weakening the occupiers’ air-defense system over the temporarily occupied peninsula, destroying radars, anti-aircraft systems, and now — even Russian Air Force fighter aircraft," the agency wrote.
This was not the first Ukrainian strike on MiG-29 jets stationed in occupied Crimea. In May 2024, Ukrainian forces used ATACMS missiles to hit the Belbek airfield, where MiG-29, MiG-31, and Su-27 aircraft had been based.
HUR noted that on 21 September 2025, the Prymary unit destroyed two Russian Be-12 Chaika anti-submarine amphibious aircraft in Crimea — the first recorded strike against that aircraft type.
Radar complex struck near Simferopol
In addition to the MiG-29 strike, Prymary drones destroyed the Irtysh radar system near occupied Simferopol in central Crimea. The radar system was part of the airfield infrastructure and is used for aircraft detection and coordination.
In November alone, Ukrainian forces from several branches carried out multiple strikes against Russia's military, air defense, drone, fuel, and logistics targets across the occupied peninsula:
- Naval units, together with Special Operations Forces, struck the Saky airfield, destroying a command-and-control center, storage sites for Orion attack drones, Tor-M2 and Pantsir-S1 air defense systems, and a ZU-23-2 anti-aircraft gun mounted on a KamAZ truck.
- HUR drones destroyed four Russian radar systems and a Ka-27 military helicopter in occupied Crimea.
- Ukrainian forces struck the Nebo-U radar station, significantly reducing Russia’s ability to monitor and coordinate operations in the southern direction.
- Special Operations Forces (SSO) struck a facility used for the storage and launch of attack drones in occupied Crimea.
- Unmanned Systems Forces destroyed a storage and maintenance base for Russian Orion strike-reconnaissance drones near Kirovske.
- SSO also carried out a drone strike on the Hvardiiskyi oil depot near Karierne in Crimea’s Sakskyi district, damaging its central pumping station.
- In other strike, the special forces destroyed an S-400 Triumph air defense launcher near Yevpatoria and an ammunition depot used by Russia’s 18th Army near Simferopol.
