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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Kulbakino Air Base

Kulbakino (ICAO: UKOR) is an air base of the Ukrainian Air Force located near Mykolaiv, Mykolaiv Oblast, Ukraine.

The base is home to the 299th Tactical Aviation Brigade, which flies Sukhoi Su-24M, Sukhoi Su-25, Aero L-39C Albatros and Aero L-39M aircraft.

Kulbakino's runway and fuel and ammunition depots were bombarded by Russian jets at approximately 05:00 on 24 February 2022, as part of the initial Russian strikes on Ukrainian military bases in the early hours of the invasion. The bombing caused a large fire.

On 4 March 2022, Russian tanks entered the airbase, but by 17:30, Ukrainian police forces had recaptured it.