Wes O'Donnell

Why Destroying a Hangar Door Does More Damage Than Destroying the Jet Inside

Ukraine hits Russian jets in their Crimean shelters! Russia spent real money building hardened aircraft shelters at Saky airbase in occupied Crimea to protect its Su-30SM jets from Ukrainian drone strikes, and on July 3rd, Ukraine hit six of the seven of them, blowing the doors off four and leaving them on the taxiway in satellite imagery Russia would prefer wasn't public. A hardened shelter isn't a force field. It's a more expensive place to start a fire. Chapters! 00:00 - Ukraine Blows Open Shelter Doors at Saki Air Base 01:13 - Target Set Matters More Than Body Count 01:33 - Mocking the 'Lose Crimea' Narrative 01:53 - Ukraine’s Focus on Crippling Crimea’s Air Power 03:01 - Saki Air Base Shelter Damage Overview 04:51 - Undermining Sortie Generation by Targeting Maintenance 06:21 - Parallel Operations: Shocking the Enemy System 07:29 - Ukraine’s Multi‑Domain Strikes Test Russia’s Shelters 09:42 - Russian Crimean Alert Exercise Highlights Strategic Shift 11:13 - Beyond Refineries: Reducing Glide Bombs via Airfield Attacks 12:11 - Sustaining Parallel Operations to Degrade Crimea’s Aviation 13:01 - Concrete Shelters Failed; Crimea Belongs to Ukraine Join the channel as a member! We’re building a global community of people who are passionate about Ukrainian victory, honoring NATO alliances, and dislike dictators as much as I do: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnRmC8k3qzn0Qxq-nQOWmOA/join Glory to Ukraine. Glory to the heroes. Crimea is Ukraine. Video Sources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/13cexWh6G66ndjy_1V3g5M69FdPRPRokydlSuw10IE-Q/edit?usp=sharing #UkraineWar #Ukraine #Aviation #Military #Militarytechnology #Russia #SakyAirbase #Su30 #RussianAirForce #UkraineDefense