The Russian Defense Ministry said it had been attacked by Ukrainian military drones after explosions at several Russian air bases.
These bases are strategically important sites that have been involved in missile attacks on Ukraine, and there is a view that it will be a big blow to the Russian military.
Russia's state-run news agency and others reported on the 6th that a fire broke out at an airfield in the Kursk region of western Russia, which borders Ukraine.
The local governor said an oil facility near the airfield was hit by a drone.
Russia's defense ministry claims that Ukrainian drones used drones to attack parked military planes, killing three people as blasts exploded at air bases in central and southern Russia on Saturday. Did.
Russian independent media reported that two Tupolev Tu-95 long-range strategic bombers were damaged in a drone strike at Engels Air Force Base in the southern province of Saratov.
The Ukrainian side has not made an official announcement so far, but the New York Times, a leading American newspaper, said on the 6th that a senior Ukrainian official admitted that the attack was carried out by a Ukrainian military drone. The attack was the furthest into Russian territory since it began, he said.
The British Defense Ministry, which analyzes the war situation, said on Monday that Engels Air Base is a major base for Russian forces, home to more than 30 bombers, which were also used to launch cruise missiles into Ukraine. I pointed out that
And while the cause of the series of explosions has not been confirmed, an attack on Engels Air Force Base, 600 kilometers from the Ukrainian border, would be a strategic move for Russian forces since the beginning of the military invasion. It will be one of the most serious failures in 2010, and military officials will be held accountable.
In addition, the American think tank "War Research Institute" said on the 5th, "It is highly likely that the Ukrainian military carried out the attack on the Russian air base. The Ukrainian military has demonstrated the ability to disrupt this," he said, pointing out that the Russian military is aiming to prevent missile attacks targeting energy and other infrastructure facilities.
On top of that, he pointed out that ``the Russian military has been criticized by military experts and others in Russia for not being able to prevent domestic bases from being attacked,'' and there is a view that it will be a big blow to the Russian military.