Ukrainian Drones Target Russian Tu-95 and Tu-22 Strategic Bombers, Attack At Military Unit In Irkutsk Region
Mumbai : Ukraine conducted a major drone attack hitting over 40 Russian military aircraft on Sunday, news agency Reuters reported, quoting officials from Ukraine’s domestic security agency, Security Service of Ukraine (SBU). The SBU further claimed that the Ukrainian forces hit Russian aircraft, including Tu-95 and Tu-22 strategic bombers, which it deploys to fire long-range missiles at Ukraine, the report added.
Explosions and heavy smoke have been observed near the Olenya Air Base in the Murmansk region, Belarusian news media outlet NEXTA reported, while sharing images and videos of the aftermath on X (formerly Twitter). “Preliminary reports suggest a possible drone strike. Olenya is one of Russia’s key strategic aviation facilities, hosting aircraft capable of carrying nuclear weapons.
There was no immediate reports of any injuries or casualties in the drone attack. This came a week after Russian forces unleashed 367 drones and missiles across Ukrainian cities, marking the war’s largest aerial attack to date. The barrage claimed 13 lives, including three children in Zhytomyr, and injured dozens, with strikes hitting Kyiv, Kharkiv, Mykolaiv, Ternopil and Khmelnytskyi. The Russian assault had come hours after Moscow claimed intercepting or destroying around 100 of the unmanned Ukrainian weapons, including some aimed at the capital.
