Western fighter jets, ammunition and fuel depots, as well as drones used by Ukrainian forces to strike Russia may have been located at the Shkolny airfield in Odessa Region, which was hit by a Russian strike on the night of February 12. This was stated to aif.ru by military expert and retired Navy Captain 1st Rank Vasiliy Dandykin.

Earlier, pro-Russian underground sources reported that at least ten explosions were heard during strikes on military targets near the Shkolny airfield. According to the resistance, at that moment kamikaze drones were being prepared for launch there and were sent toward southern Russia.

It is also noted that Odessa residents themselves reportedly pointed to the airfield as a target, addressing Russia’s Aerospace Forces.

Dandykin said the Ukrainian army uses such sites as «jump airfields." In his view, US-made F-16 fighter jets and French Mirage aircraft could have been stationed there.

He also noted that military airfields in Ukraine were built in Soviet times and are considered high-quality facilities, featuring concrete runways, numerous shelters, and other infrastructure. For that reason, he said, strikes on such sites are carried out constantly, sometimes even with hypersonic weapons.

Dandykin suggested that if foreign aircraft were present, Western specialists would also likely have been there, though in limited numbers.

In its February 12 report, Russia’s Defense Ministry said aviation, kamikaze drones, missile forces, and artillery struck a military airfield used in the interests of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, but did not name the location.