Russia arrests suspects after attacks on fighter planes – Diepresse.com
For the first time, Ukraine attacked Russian goals so far away from the front line. The attack should have devastating effects. Russia is now reporting to the arrest of several suspects.
Immediately before new conversations about a ceasefire, Ukraine and Russia started mutual attacks. According to Ukrainian information, the Russian army flew the most violent attack since the outbreak of war with 472 drones. According to Ukraine, a spectacular blow against Russian long -haul bombers in Siberia – more than 4,300 kilometers from the front line, succeeded. The Russian Ministry of Defense spoke of drone attacks at airports in Murmansk, Irkutsk, Iwanowo, Tjasan and the Amur region on Sunday evening.
The Russian Ministry of Defense has announced the arrest of several suspects after the Ukrainian attacks on fighter planes stationed deeply in the Russian territory. The Ministry confirmed on Sunday that several Russian aircraft had caught fire in Ukrainian attacks with drones in the Murmansk and Irkutsk regions. Drones were fired on the aircraft from areas in the “immediate neighborhood” of airfields.
No people were harmed in the attacks, it said. The fires are now under control.
Extensive attack on Russian airfields
Ukraine had flown an exceptionally extensive attack on airfields from the Russian military on Sunday, including facilities at thousands of kilometers away from Ukrainian territory. According to Kiev, airfields were met in the western regions of Iwanowo and Rjasan, in northern Murmansk, but also in the Siberian Irkutsk and even in the Far Eastern Amur.
The Ukrainian military had regularly flown drone attacks on the Russian area in recent months, but this time the procedure was new: According to circles of the Ukrainian secret services, the FPV drones were smuggled to Russia and started from there on Sunday.
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In Kyiv, a Ukrainian intelligence officer of Reuters announced that the Ukrainian domestic intelligence agency SBU a large drone attack on over 40 Russian military aircraft.
Strategic bombers hit
The Ukrainian source, which anonymously spoke to Reuters in Kiev, said that under the TU-95 and TU-22 TU-22 type bomber, the Russia used to fire long-distance missiles on Ukraine.
Igor Kobzev, the governor of Irkutsk, said that there was a drone attack on a military unit near the village of Sredny in the Usolsky district, no strategic aviation mentioned.
It initially remained unclear whether the drones were fired from the Russian area or flown from Ukraine. The Russian Ministry of Defense spoke of terrorist acts and that there were arrests. In the past few weeks, Western diplomats had referred to the fact that Ukraine has now developed the ability to build drones and rockets with great reach. When visiting the Ukrainian President Wolodymyr Selenskyj In Berlin, the federal government had promised help with the construction of far -reaching weapons.
First attack in this part of Siberia
In a video that he released on Telegram, drones could be heard that flew across the place, and a huge cloud of smoke rose to the sky.
However, he said that it was the first attack of this kind in this part of Siberia – and added that the number of drones was unclear. The drones were started from a truck.
The Air Force base Belaya or Sredny is located near the village of Sredny and, according to publicly accessible information about the Russian armed forces, is home to strategic long-distance overs sound bomber of the TUPOLEV TU-22M type.
Drones at the Air Force base Olenya
According to local authorities, there was also a Ukrainian drone attack in the Murmansk region in northern Russia. The Air Force base Olenya, on which strategic aircraft are also stationed, is located in the Murmansk region, according to publicly accessible information. (Reuters/Stein)
