Ukrainian drones target Russian air bases in an unprecedented process Russia-Ukraine, news war

Officials say that many military military air bases inside Russia were subjected to unmanned attacks in a major Ukrainian operation before peace talks Because of the start of Istanbul on Monday.

The Russian Ministry of Defense said that Ukraine fired drone strikes targeting Russian military airports in five areas on Sunday, causing fire on several aircraft.

The attacks took place in Murmansk, Irkutsk, Ivanovo, Ryazan and Amur areas. The ministry said that the air defenses repelled the attacks in all two regions, with the exception of two regions – Mormansk and Arkutsk.

The ministry said: “In Murmansk and Irkutsk areas, the firing of FPV drones from an area close to the airports led to the launch of several aircraft,” the ministry said.

The fires were extinguished and no victims were reported. The ministry said that some individuals involved in the attacks had been detained.

Ukraine’s security service said on Sunday that it had hit Russian military aircraft worth $ 7 billion in a wave of drones on Russian air bases, thousands of kilometers behind the front lines.

“This is the estimated cost of the strategic flight of the enemy, which was exposed today as a result of the SBU process,” the agency said at a social media employee.

The goals included the Bilaya Airbase base in Irkutsk, about 4,300 km (2700 miles) from the Ukrainian border, and the Olina air base in southern Mormansk, about 1,800 km (1100 miles) from Ukraine.

“According to the witnesses on the ground and local officials, these drones were launched from sites near the air boats. This means that this was a complex operation … which included a number of people inside Russia,” said the island’s dzamous on the island.

“This is the largest single attack that we saw in one day through multiple military air bases inside Russia since the war began in February 2022,” Gabari said, noting that air boats are home to the strategic explosives in Russia, which have been used to attack targets across Ukraine over the past three years.

Earlier on Sunday, multiple local media reports in Ukraine, including those conducted by the Government News Agency in Okrinform, were martyred to a source within the Upper Egypt Diseases Conference, saying that coordinated attacks inside Russia were “aimed at destroying the enemy bomber away from the front.”

They said that the operation was carried out by SBU using drones that were deeply smuggled in Russia and hidden it inside the trucks. Reports stated that at least 41 Russian heavy bombers in four air bases were beaten, adding that the operation, which was called “Spiderweb”, was prepared for more than a year and a half, and was supervised by President Ukrainian Foludmir Zelensky.

“A bold blow, Ukraine has been waiting for a long time and delivered it with patience, and comes after Russian air strikes accelerated to Ukraine significantly over the past two weeks,” said John Hendrin of the island, who was reported by Kiev.

Meanwhile, at least seven people were killed and 69 years were wounded at a highway bridge in the Russian region of Bianank, neighboring Ukraine, Bombed While the passenger train was heading to Moscow crossing it with 388 people on the plane.

No one has yet claimed responsibility. Russian officials said they deal with the incident as a “terrorist act”, but they did not accuse Ukraine immediately.

The developments came at a time when Russia also said that it had advanced deeper in the Sumi region of Ukraine, and as the maps supporting the open sources of Ukrainian showed, Russia took 450 square meters (174 square meters) of Ukrainian lands in May, and faster progressing monthly in at least six months.

The Air Force in Ukraine said that Moscow fired 472 drones in Ukraine all night. The Air Force said that Russia had launched seven missiles.

Both parties sharply Lift Ukraine has also confirmed that it will send a delegation to Istanbul, led by Defense Secretary Rostam Omrov, to hold talks on Monday with Russian officials. Turkiye hosts the meeting, which US President Donald Trump paid for a quick deal to end a three -year war.

Zelenskyy, who previously expressed doubts about the danger of the Russian side to engage at a meeting on Monday, said he had located the Ukrainian delegation in the talks.

He said on social media that the priorities included “a complete and unconditional shooting” and the return of prisoners and kidnapped children.

Russia said it formulated its peace conditions, but it refused to reveal it in advance. Russian President Vladimir Putin also ruled out a Turkish proposal to meet at the leadership level.