EXCLUSIVE: Ukraine trained AI targeting algorithms using Soviet aircraft displayed in military museums.
Poltava Museum of Long-Range and Strategic Aviation has both Tu-95ΠS and Tu-22Π3.
Poltava Museum of Long-Range and Strategic Aviation has both Tu-95ΠS and Tu-22Π3.
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UN official to AFP:
Aid distribution in Gaza has become a death trap.
Aid distribution in Gaza has become a death trap.
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Ukraine did notify the Trump administration of the Russian airbase attacks in advance.
Source: Axios
Source: Axios
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Ukraineβs Peace Terms at Istanbul Talks (via Reuters):
30-day full ceasefire.
βAll-for-allβ POW exchange.
Zelensky-Putin meeting.
No limits on Ukrainian forces.
No recognition of Russian territorial gains.
Russian reparations payments.
Talks to start from current front line.
Russian delegation en route amid major sabotage and bomber losses.
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NEW: Russian MoD:
Ukraine launched FPV drone attacks on airbases in Murmansk, Irkutsk, Ivanovo, Ryazan, and Amur regions.
Attacks in Ivanovo, Ryazan, and Amur were repelled.
Fires broke out at Murmansk and Irkutsk airbases due to nearby drone launches.
Fires extinguished, no casualties reported. Several suspects detained.
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Russian MoD admits aircraft losses.
"Fires broke out at airbases in Murmansk and Irkutsk regions after FPV drones were launched from areas near the facilities, damaging multiple aircraft."
"Fires broke out at airbases in Murmansk and Irkutsk regions after FPV drones were launched from areas near the facilities, damaging multiple aircraft."
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Unconfirmed losses from Ukrainian drone strikes on Russian airbases Belaya and Olenya:
Damage at other sites remains unclear.
Further losses will be revealed via satellite imagery.
5 x Tu-95MS bombers
2 x Tu-22M3 bombers
1 x An-12 military transport aircraft
Damage at other sites remains unclear.
Further losses will be revealed via satellite imagery.
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BREAKING: Ballistic missile threat β air raid alert in Kyiv and several regions.
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Major Ukrainian Strikes on Russian Airbases (2022β2025)
Todayβs attack is just one in a series β and Russia still seems to have learned nothing.
Todayβs attack is just one in a series β and Russia still seems to have learned nothing.
February 25, 2022 β Millerovo (Rostov): Tochka-U missile destroys at least one Su-30SM fighter jet. One of the earliest strategic hits.
August 9, 2022 β Saky Airbase (Crimea): Large explosions destroy or damage nine+ aircraft (Su-24, Su-30). Ukraine later confirms the attack.
December 5 & 26, 2022 β Engels-2 (Saratov) & Dyagilevo (Ryazan): Long-range drone strikes damage Tu-95MS and Tu-22M3 bombers. Casualties and debris reported.
August 19, 2023 β Soltsy (Novgorod): Tu-22M3 bomber destroyed in a deep-strike drone raid.
August 27, 2023 β Kursk Khalino Airbase (Kursk): Strike hits four Su-30s, one MiG-29, S-300 radar, and two Pantsir systems.
August 30, 2023 β Pskov Airbase (Northwest Russia): Drone swarm damages or destroys four Il-76 military transport aircraft.
September 18, 2023 β Chkalovsky Airbase (Moscow Region): Sabotage damages an An-148, Il-20, and Mi-28 helicopter.
October 17, 2023 β Berdyansk and Luhansk (Occupied Ukraine): ATACMS missile strikes destroy helicopters, depots, and damage runways.
January 31, 2024 β Belbek Airbase (Crimea): Ukrainian strike causes reported damage to Russian aircraft and infrastructure.
April 5, 2024 β Morozovsk, Engels-2, Yeysk:
Morozovsk: Six Su-34s reportedly destroyed
Engels-2: Three Tu-95MS bombers hit
Yeysk: Two Su-25 aircraft destroyed
April 17, 2024 β Dzhankoi Airbase (Crimea): Missile strike hits S-400 air defense units, ammo depots, and critical infrastructure.
April 27, 2024 β Kushchyovskaya Airbase (Krasnodar): Glide bomb kits and potentially one Su-34 reportedly destroyed by drone strike.
May 15, 2024 β Belbek (Crimea): Powerful strike using ATACMS and drones destroys MiG-31s, Su-27s, and hits a fuel depot.
May 2024 β Voronezh-DM & Voronezh-M Strategic Radar Sites: Attacks damage early-warning radar systems, impairing Russian aerospace defense capabilities.
August 14, 2024 β Multi-Airbase Drone Wave:
Savasleyka (Nizhny Novgorod): MiG-31K base hit
Khalino (Kursk): Second strike in 2023β2024 sequence
Borisoglebsk & Baltimore (Voronezh): Fuel, weapons storage, and hangars reportedly damaged
June 1, 2025 β Operation βSpiderβs Webβ
Airbases hit: Belaya (Irkutsk), Olenya (Murmansk), Dyagilevo (Ryazan), Ivanovo
Claims: Over 40 aircraft hit, including Tu-95MS, Tu-22M3, and A-50 AEW&C
Damage: Estimated above $2 billion
Tactic: FPV drones launched from trucks hidden inside Russian territory.
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Russian sources claim geolocation shows Ukrainian FPV drones used in the airbase attacks were assembled inside a rented warehouse at 28A Sverdlovsky Trakt, Chelyabinsk, Russia.
The claimed facility lies just near the Kazakhstan border, possibly a supply route for components.
The claimed facility lies just near the Kazakhstan border, possibly a supply route for components.
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Trump administration was not aware that today's large-scale drone attack by Ukraine on the Russian military aircraft was coming.
Source: CBS News, citing sources
Source: CBS News, citing sources
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Russian Bomber Losses from Ukrainian Strikes
Tu-95MS Strategic Bombers
Dec 2022 (Engels-2): At least 1 damaged
Apr 2024 (Engels-2): 3 bombers hit
Jun 2025 (Operation βSpiderβs Webβ): Included among 40+ aircraft hit (exact number unspecified)
Minimum confirmed: 5 x Tu-95M
Tu-22M3 Strategic Bombers
Dec 2022 (Dyagilevo): At least 1 damaged
Aug 2023 (Soltsy): 1 destroyed
Jun 2025 (Operation βSpiderβs Webβ): Included among 40+ aircraft hit (exact number unspecified)
Minimum confirmed: 2 x Tu-22M3
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Clash Report
Ukraine did notify the Trump administration of the Russian airbase attacks in advance. Source: Axios
Axios also corrects its report. Trump administration wasn't informed about Ukrainian attack.
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Ukraine's SBU:
34% of strategic carriers of cruise missiles at the main airfields of the Russian Federation have been hit.
$7 billion is the estimated cost of Russia's strategic aviation, which was bombed today as a result of the SBU's special operation.
34% of strategic carriers of cruise missiles at the main airfields of the Russian Federation have been hit.
$7 billion is the estimated cost of Russia's strategic aviation, which was bombed today as a result of the SBU's special operation.
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Estimated total Russian strategic bomber fleet: ~130β140 cruise missile-capable bombers.
Estimated fleet size:
34% hit claim by Ukraine= ~44β48 aircraft damaged or destroyed.
Estimated fleet size:
Tu-95MS: ~50β60 total (22β27 active; some reports mention 45 older variants).
Tu-160: Fewer than 20 operational.
Tu-22M3: ~60 in service (40 recently observed at Olenya airbase).
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A Russian delegation has arrived in Istanbul to participate in negotiations with Ukraine.
Source: TASS
Source: TASS
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