--- title: "GUR Reports Destroying a Russian Su-24 in Crimea: Strike Called a 'Gift' for Military Intelligence Day" description: "GUR stated that on the night of September 6–7, 2026, it struck a Russian Su-24 in temporarily occupied Crimea, calling the attack a 'gift' for Military Intelligence Day. No independent confirmation of the strike is available in open sources." date: 2026-09-07T13:56:00.000Z lang: en url: https://xab.info/en/posts/gur-destroys-su-24-in-crimea tags: [ukraine-war, gur, su-24, crimea, military-intelligence] publisher: "XAB.info" --- # GUR Reports Destroying a Russian Su-24 in Crimea: Strike Called a 'Gift' for Military Intelligence Day ![Plume of black smoke from the strike on a Russian Su-24 in Crimea claimed by GUR](https://xab.info/media/2026/09/07/gur-porazilo-su-24-v-krymu/gur-porazilo-su-24-v-krymu-1.webp) ## 🎯 Key Points - GUR reported destroying a Russian Su-24 in Crimea on the night of September 6–7, 2026. - The strike was called a 'gift' for Ukraine's Military Intelligence Day. - The attack follows a series of statements about strikes on the Bastion system and refineries in Russia. - The information is based on an intelligence statement and lacks independent confirmation. ### Strike on Military Intelligence Day On the night of September 6–7, 2026, according to an official statement by the Department of Active Operations of the Main Directorate of Intelligence (GUR) of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, the agency's operators struck a Russian Su-24 aircraft on the territory of temporarily occupied Crimea. In the intelligence service's Telegram channel, the incident was presented as a symbolic gesture timed to the professional holiday: "A gift for Ukraine's Military Intelligence Day. Crimea has already taken note!" — GUR stated, adding that the strike was carried out precisely on the night of September 7, 2026. Thus, the announcement of the bomber's destruction coincided with the date associated in Ukraine with Military Intelligence Day. ### Context: a series of strikes on targets in Crimea and northwestern Russia The destruction of the Su-24 fits into a series of statements about GUR special forces' actions against military infrastructure. Earlier, according to Ukrainian media, GUR fighters allegedly struck the Bastion missile system in Crimea, which, it is claimed, Russia uses to launch ballistic missile strikes on Ukrainian territory. In addition, it was reported that on September 1, defense forces and intelligence special forces struck the Novatek-Ust-Luga oil refinery complex in Leningrad Oblast, as well as halted the operation of one of the largest refineries in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast. Taken together, these statements paint a picture of a deliberate attack on targets that Kyiv considers critical to Russia's military potential. ### What is known about the Su-24 and the unit's tactics The Su-24 is a multirole supersonic front-line bomber used by the Russian Aerospace Forces for strikes on land and sea targets, as well as for delivering missile and bomb attacks. According to reports by several Ukrainian publications, in particular Dialog, the strike on the aircraft in Crimea was a "direct hit" carried out at night, which is characteristic of the tactics of GUR's Department of Active Operations, focused on pinpoint sabotage and reconnaissance operations on territories controlled by the adversary. Confirmation of the type of aerial target and the exact circumstances of the attack in open sources, at the time of publication, is limited to the intelligence service's initial statement. ### Limitations and verification It is important to emphasize that the information about the destruction of the Su-24 comes from a statement by one of the parties to the conflict — the GUR of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense — and is not accompanied in the provided sources by independent confirmation from Russian authorities or neutral observers. All four analyzed publications (RBC-Ukraine, Glavred, Minval, Dialog) essentially relay the same primary post from the intelligence service's Telegram channel, supplementing it with context about previous strikes. Under conditions of active hostilities, such reports are conventionally treated as official statements by a party, rather than as a fully verified fact, until additional independent data emerges. ## 🔍 Fact-Check Verification - [GUR fighters struck a Russian aircraft in Crimea (video)](https://www.rbc.ua/ukr/news/voyini-gur-urazili-rosiyskiy-litak-krimu-1788789185.html) - Транслирует заявление Департамента активных действий ГУР о поражении Су-24 в Крыму в ночь на 7 сентября 2026 г. - ["Crimea has already taken note": GUR fighters struck a Russian Su-24 bomber](https://glavred.info/war/krym-uzhe-ocenil-boycy-gur-porazili-rossiyskiy-bombardirovshchik-su-24-10794740.html) - Совпадает с датой (ночь с 6 на 7 сентября) и цитатой из Telegram ГУР; указывает на тип цели Су-24. - [GUR reports destroying a Russian Su-24 in Crimea](https://minval.az/news/124551973) - Фиксирует заявление ГУР; формулировка «заявило» подчеркивает односторонний характер информации. - [GUR blew up a Russian Su-24 bomber in Crimea with a direct night strike](https://www.dialog.ua/war/gur-nochyu-pryamym-udarom-vzorvala-rossiyskiy-bombardirovshchik-su-v-krymu.html) - Добавляет деталь о «прямом ударе» в ночное время; остальное совпадает с первичным заявлением. ## ❓ FAQ ### Q: When and where, according to GUR, was the Su-24 struck? **A:** According to the statement by GUR's Department of Active Operations, on the night of September 6–7, 2026, on the territory of temporarily occupied Crimea. ### Q: Who, according to intelligence data, carried out the strike? **A:** Operators of the Department of Active Operations of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense. ### Q: Has the strike been confirmed by independent sources? **A:** No. In the provided sources, the information is based on a GUR statement on Telegram; no independent confirmation from Russia or neutral observers is presented.