Ukraine media say a pair of drone attacks on air bases deep inside Russia were the work of Ukrainian saboteurs backed by intelligence services.
Ukrainian saboteurs coordinated by Kyiv’s military intelligence services carried out a pair of recent drone attacks that hit parked bomber aircraft atThe attacks on Russian airfields Saturday and Monday destroyed two Russian bombers and damaged two other aircraft, according to Ukrainska Pravda. The newspaper and news outlet NV saidwere behind the audacious strikes, which suggest that Ukraine’s scope of action is broadening. It was not possible to verify the claims on the ground.
Ukrainian media said Saturday’s strike hit the Soltsy air base in the Novgorod region in northwestern Russia, about 360 miles north of the Ukrainian border, and Monday’s strike hit the Shaikovka air base in the southwestern Kaluga region, about 180 miles northeast of the Ukrainian border.The Russian Defense Ministry said the attack on Soltsy damaged one aircraft. It didn’t comment on the reported attack on Shaikovka, but Russian media did.
Ukraine has since early this year sought to take the war into the heart of Russia. It has increasingly targeted Moscow’s military assets behind the front lines in eastern and southern Ukraine and at the same time has launched drones against Moscow, most recently early Tuesday. Kyiv is also trying to keep up the pressure on the Kremlin on multiple fronts, pursuing a counteroffensive at various points along the 900-mile front line as well as diplomatically by obtaining pledges of more weaponry from its Western allies,
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