Video appears to show Ukraine drone attack in Russia
Ukraine claims to have left more than 40 Russian bomber planes “burning” in a large scale drone attack” in the Murmansk region.
The footage appears to show Russian warplanes on a runway being struck and bursting into flames.
Sources from Ukraine’s security service, SBU, told the BBC “enemy strategic bombers are burning en masse in Russia”.
They also said Ukraine was conducting “a large-scale special operation aimed at destroying enemy bomber aircraft,” according to a statement sent from sources within the service to BBC Ukraine.The security official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said strikes were conducted on Sunday on four air bases, and that a total of 41 Russian warplanes were hit. Reuters was not able to independently verify that assertion.
Unverified video and pictures posted on Russian social media showed Russian strategic bombers on fire at the Belaya air base in the Irkutsk region of Siberia.
Igor Kobzev, the regional governor, said there had been a drone attack on a military unit near the village of Sredny, which is near the Belaya base, though he did not specify what the target was. He said the drones had been launched from a truck.
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