“The modernized Soviet Tu-141 Strizh drones were aimed at the target using the American global satellite system GPS,” TASS quoted him as saying.
On December 5, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported that the Kiev regime on the morning of December 5 attempted to disable Russian long-range aircraft and strike with Soviet-made jet drones at the military airfields of Diaghilevo in the Ryazan region and Engels in the Saratov region.
Later, Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said that the United States does not encourage Kyiv to strike at Russian territory, but intends to continue to provide Ukraine with the military assistance "it needs to protect itself."