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Kanatovo | |||||||
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Kropyvnytskyi, Kirovohrad Oblast in Ukraine | |||||||
Shown within Kirovohrad Oblast Show map of Ukraine Kirovohrad OblastKanatovo (Ukraine) Show map of Ukraine | |||||||
Coordinates | 48°33′47″N 032°23′25″E / 48.56306°N 32.39028°E / 48.56306; 32.39028 | ||||||
Site information | |||||||
Owner | Ministry of Defence | ||||||
Operator | Ukrainian Air Force | ||||||
Site history | |||||||
In use | Unknown - present | ||||||
Airfield information | |||||||
Elevation | 266 metres (873 ft) AMSL | ||||||
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Kanatove (Ukrainian: Канатове) is a reserve air base of the Ukrainian Air Force located near Kropyvnytskyi, Kirovohrad Oblast, Ukraine.
The base was previously used by the Soviet Air Forces:
On 6 May, during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Russian Defence Ministry said that its missiles destroyed aviation equipment at the Kanatovo airfield.[4] Three Ukrainian Su-27, bort numbers 26, 46 and 48 were damaged.[5]
On 23 July, three Su-27s and one Su-24 were destroyed during a Russian missile strike on the Air Base, one official died and 17 other servicemen were injured.[6][7][8]